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'The Outrun' review: Saoirse Ronan leads a tender and poetic addiction drama

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The Outrun is based on the memoir of British journalist Amy Liptrot .

Saoirse Ronan plays a young alcoholic struggling with sobriety.

Director Nora Fingscheidt plays with Rona 's timeline, leaping to dark days past, bright days present, and all the grays in between.

The sophisticated pacing of The Outrun urges audience empathy by putting us in her dizzying whirl of emotions, doubt, desire, hope, and regret.

Liptrot and Fingscheidt 's script neatly builds a story unconventional yet comprehensive.

The movie that feels achingly personal, yet universal in its humanity, opens in theaters Oct. 4 .