First don’t be put off by the title. Run Amok, premiering today in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, is not a Chevy Chase comedy from the 80’s. If this sells that name is ...
There was a time when Sundance offered up eccentric young misfits regularly — think Dawn Wiener of “Welcome to the Dollhouse” or Napoleon Dynamite. “Run Amok” hero Meg fits squarely in this tradition, ...