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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Chole manages to escape Diane's clutches, is married, has a child, and enjoys her employment helping children with prosthetic limbs. Some of her dialogue also indicates that she is reunited with her real parents. However, if the ending is anything to go by, the entire experience has left her traumatized to the point of inflicting the same pain and suffering on her 'mother'.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Chole [[spoiler:Chloe manages to escape Diane's clutches, is married, has a child, and enjoys her employment helping children with prosthetic limbs. Some of her dialogue also indicates that she is reunited with her real parents. However, if the ending is anything to go by, the entire experience has left her traumatized to the point of inflicting the same pain and suffering on her 'mother'.]]
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It also occupies a SharedUniverse with other films produced by Chaganty, including ''Film/{{Searching}}'' and ''Film/{{Missing}}''.

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It also occupies a SharedUniverse with other films produced by Chaganty, including ''Film/{{Searching}}'' and ''Film/{{Missing}}''.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Diane is on her Gmail account, one can see [[SignificantBackgroundEvent in the background]] that she has an unopened email from a Google Alert for something starting with the word "Baron-". [[spoiler: As in her real name Diane Baronway, likely set up to see if she was being listed as a suspect for Chloe's abduction.]]
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** [[spoiler:It's less this and more Chloe invoking PleaseDontLeaveMe. She knows her mother wants her trapped, but NOT dead, and will rush her to the hospital in an instant, thus getting her out of the house.]]

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** [[spoiler:It's less this and more Chloe invoking PleaseDontLeaveMe.PleaseDontLeaveMe by way of a BatmanGambit. She knows her mother wants her trapped, but NOT dead, and will rush her to the hospital in an instant, thus getting her out of the house.]]
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It also occupies a SharedUniverse with other films produced by Chaganty, including ''Film/{{Searching}}'' and ''Film/{{Missing}}''.
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler:The basement scene is chock full of this. But the strongest one is Chloe finds the real Chloe's death certificate. Also, there is a picture of 4 year old Chloe running]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Tom, the postal worker who tried to rescue Chloe. He may have been injected with the same type of sedative Diane injected Chloe earlier, so maybe he would wake up fine just like Chloe did. But, considering the blood trail his body leaves behind as it's dragged by Diane, things don't look good for him and he may very well be dead. It's not known what happened to him by the end of the film.]]

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* WhamShot: [[spoiler:The basement scene is chock full of this. But the strongest one is Chloe finds the real Chloe's death certificate. Also, there is a picture of 4 year old 4-year-old Chloe running]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Tom, the postal worker who tried to rescue Chloe. He may have been injected with the same type of sedative Diane injected into Chloe earlier, so maybe he would wake up fine just like Chloe did. But, considering the blood trail his body leaves behind as it's dragged by Diane, things don't look good for him and he may very well be dead. It's not known what happened to him by the end of the film.]]
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** [[spoiler:It's less this and more Chloe invoking PleaseDontLeaveMe. She knows her mother wants her trapped, but NOT dead, and will rush her to the hospital in an instant, thus getting her out of the house.]]
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''Run'' is a 2020 psychological thriller directed by Creator/AneeshChaganty and starring Creator/SarahPaulson and Creator/KieraAllen (in her feature film debut) as mother and daughter Diane and Chloe Sherman.

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''Run'' is a 2020 psychological thriller directed by Creator/AneeshChaganty and starring Creator/SarahPaulson and Creator/KieraAllen Kiera Allen (in her feature film debut) as mother and daughter Diane and Chloe Sherman.
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** Chloe’s behavior in the distant prologue as well suggest Chloe herself has some lasting mental scars from the years of abuse.

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** Chloe’s behavior in [[spoiler: Chloe force feeding Diane the distant prologue as well same pills she was forced to take suggest Chloe herself has some lasting mental scars from the years of abuse. abuse at the hands of Diane.]]
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* FreudianExcuse: A quick shot of Diane in the shower shows her back full of scars, suggesting that she herself suffered physical abuse, which may explain her mental state.
** Chloe’s behavior in the distant prologue as well suggest Chloe herself has some lasting mental scars from the years of abuse.

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* BlandNameProduct: An interesting variation. Tom's postal vehicle is clearly marked "United States Postal Service," but the logo is not the USPS eagle logo of 2020 or even an older version, it's a very stylized collection of lines that don't even resemble an eagle. Possibly they didn't want to risk trademark infringement by using the real logo.

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* BlandNameProduct: An Has a couple of interesting variation. variations:
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Tom's postal vehicle is clearly marked "United States Postal Service," but the logo is not the USPS eagle logo of 2020 or even an older version, it's a very stylized collection of lines that don't even resemble an eagle. Possibly they didn't want to risk trademark infringement by using the real logo.logo.
** Digoxin is actually the generic name of the real-life version of Chloe's heart medicine, so there's no trademark to be infringed upon, but giving it the in-universe version the name '''Tri'''goxin uses the audience's familiarity with common medications to communicate how powerful Chloe's pills are.
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** And, of course, there's "trigoxin" which is fictional but obviously intended to be reminiscent of digoxin, which is real.

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** And, of course, there's "trigoxin" [[BlandNameProduct "trigoxin"]] which is fictional but obviously intended to be reminiscent of digoxin, which is real.
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** Also when Chloe is out for a movie with her mother, one of the stores is named "Carry", which is probably a reference to Stephen King's famous novel where a girl named Carrie is severely tormented by her mother.
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* VillainousParentalInstinct: [[spoiler:After Chloe figured out the truth, Diane had her locked in the basement without her wheelchair and with no hope of getting out. Chloe ''thinks'' that Diane is going to kill her (and it's suggested that Diane is looking to further maim or disable Chloe with the injection). However, when Chloe swallows bleach, knowing that Diane will either let her die or save her, Diane is instinctively and immediately moved to save Chloe's life, taking her to the hospital, which eventually leads to her capture.]]
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*FreezeFrameBonus: At one point while looking through colleges, you can see an image of [[spoiler:the stock photo model used by fish_n_chips]] in one of the ads Chloe looks at, referencing the film {{Film/Searching}} also directed by Creator/AneeshChaganty.

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