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Runaways

2004 • 1h43m Drama, Romance

Rating

7.5/10

Popularity

1

Steve Moore is sixteen and lives with his younger sister, mother Cheryl and her boyfriend John, in a modest house in Bakersfield, California. An abusive and often intoxicated man, John rules the household, and though his attacks on Steve result in emergency hospital visits, Cheryl's loyalty is to her boyfriend. To protect her relationship with John, she "ditches" her son, having him arrested and locked in a correctional "mental" facility, before coercing her older brother Burt, who lives in Hollywood, to take him. Steve quickly discovers that Burt cannot even provide temporary lodging, but an administrator at his new high school directs him to a shelter for runaway kids where he soon learns to navigate his way.

Details

Director

Brent Bambic

Screenplay

Brent Bambic

Cast

Austin O'Brien

Demetrius Navarro

Arielle Paul

Release date

1/7/2004

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

2