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Jailbreak: Love on the Run
Crime · Documentary · 2024
An Alabama corrections officer falls in love with a man awaiting trial for murder and risks it all to help him escape.
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Jailbreak: Love on the Run
2024 Crime · Documentary 1h 29m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
An Alabama corrections officer falls in love with a man awaiting trial for murder and risks it all to help him escape.
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What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Jailbreak: Love on the Run?
For the defence
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Dan Abrams
Vicky White
Self - Asst. Director of Corrections, Lauderdale County Detention Center, AL (archive footage)
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Casey White
Self - Inmate, Lauderdale County Detention Center, AL (archive footage)
Robin Roberts
Self (archive footage)
Duane 'Dog' Chapman
Self (archive footage)
Joy Behar
Self - Host, The Joy Behar Show (archive footage)
Court is in session
Put Jailbreak: Love on the Run on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.