# Get Away (film)
**Get Away** is a 2024 comedy-horror film directed by Steffen Haars and written by [Nick Frost](https://www.edgepedia.org/nick-frost), who also stars, about a British family whose vacation on a remote Swedish island turns sinister when they encounter hostile locals, strange traditions, and a serial killer on the loose.[1](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/get-away-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdiwnju2) • [2](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/get-away) It is a Finnish and British production with a running time of 86 minutes.[2](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/get-away)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Director / writer | Steffen Haars; screenplay by Nick Frost, his first solo feature script[1](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/get-away-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdiwnju2) • [3](https://fantasticpavilion.com/get-away-interview-with-nick-frost-and-aisling-bea/) |
| Cast | Nick Frost (Richard), Aisling Bea (Susan), Sebastian Croft (Sam), Maisie Ayres (Jessie), Ville Virtanen (Detective Forsberg)[4](https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/get-away/umc.cmc.5basf56t9flhq8peg7y3h712o) |
| Setting | The fictional Swedish island of Svalta, during preparations for a local festival; the film was shot in Finland[5](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/get-away-review/5199753.article) |
| Production | Finland and United Kingdom, 2024, 86 minutes; production companies include Inland Film Company, Resolute Films & Entertainment, Wayward Entertainment, and XYZ Films[2](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/get-away) |
| Release | Premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 20, 2024; US limited theatrical release December 6, 2024 (IFC Films); UK premiere on Sky Cinema January 10, 2025[6](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/get-away-2024-british-comedy-horror-film-now-streaming-on-jiohotstar-8605266) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away) • [8](https://www.sky.com/watch/get-away) |
| Ratings | MPAA R for strong bloody violence and gore, language, and sexual content; BBFC classified it "strong violence, gore"[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away) • [1](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/get-away-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdiwnju2) |
| Reception | 76% on Rotten Tomatoes from 51 reviews (average rating 6.3/10); Metascore 58 on Metacritic; US box office gross of $179.9K[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away) • [9](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/get-away/critic-reviews/) |
## Spoilers
### Plot and setting
The Smith family, parents Richard (Nick Frost) and Susan ([Aisling Bea](https://www.edgepedia.org/aisling-bea)) with teenage children Sam ([Sebastian Croft](https://www.edgepedia.org/sebastian-croft)) and Jessie (Maisie Ayres), book a holiday on Svalta, a remote and fictional Swedish island.[8](https://www.sky.com/watch/get-away) • [5](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/get-away-review/5199753.article) Mainlanders warn them that no good will come of the trip, and the island community greets them with irritation rather than welcome.[2](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/get-away) The family arrives during preparations for a local festival that celebrates the island's repelling of British invaders 200 years earlier, and as the festival approaches they come to suspect that their presence is a calculated move designed to draw them into an ancient tradition.[5](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/get-away-review/5199753.article) • [2](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/get-away) A serial killer on the loose completes the premise, and the film's title takes on a new meaning as the horror escalates.[1](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/get-away-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdiwnju2) • [2](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/get-away)
**Tone and genre.** The film is described by the [British Board of Film Classification](https://www.edgepedia.org/british-board-of-film-classification) as a darkly comic horror in which strong injury detail and scenes of violence are accompanied by a satirical tone.[1](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/get-away-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdiwnju2) Reviewers placed it in the folk-horror tradition, with Screen Daily describing an attempt to blend "Withnail-like irreverence with Wicker Man-tinged folk horror", and one critic calling it a loving send-up of folk horror built on cringe comedy from the culture clash and British family dynamics.[5](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/get-away-review/5199753.article) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away) The MovieWaffler compared its approach to the [Abbott and Costello](https://www.edgepedia.org/abbott-and-costello) monster movies and [Bob Hope](https://www.edgepedia.org/bob-hope)'s horror-adjacent comedies, in which comedy protagonists are dropped into what is essentially a straight horror film.[10](https://www.themoviewaffler.com/2025/01/get-away-review-nick-frost-aisling-bea.html)
## Production
Nick Frost wrote the screenplay, his first feature script written by himself after co-writing *Cuban Fury* and *Paul*.[3](https://fantasticpavilion.com/get-away-interview-with-nick-frost-and-aisling-bea/) • [5](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/get-away-review/5199753.article) Although Svalta is fictional, Frost drew inspiration from trips to a real Swedish island that was used by the British during the [Napoleonic Wars](https://www.edgepedia.org/napoleonic-wars) because Napoleon's sea fleet had to pass it to reach Europe.[3](https://fantasticpavilion.com/get-away-interview-with-nick-frost-and-aisling-bea/) The film was shot in Finland.[5](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/get-away-review/5199753.article)
Director Steffen Haars, of the Dutch New Kids series, had previously collaborated with Frost on the sitcom send-up *Krazy House*, which premiered in 2024.[2](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/get-away) In the production notes, Haars said he used a slowly moving camera from an ambiguous point of view to convey a sense of being constantly watched, hinting at the islanders' presence even when they were offscreen.[11](https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/08/63/90/00206/2025-01-23.pdf)
**Casting change.** [Lena Headey](https://www.edgepedia.org/lena-headey) was cast in the lead alongside Nick Frost in September 2022, their second film together after *[Fighting with My Family](https://www.edgepedia.org/fighting-with-my-family)*, but Aisling Bea replaced her because of a scheduling conflict.[12](https://www.netflixmovies.com/get-away-2024)
## Release and classification
The film premiered at [Fantastic Fest](https://www.edgepedia.org/fantastic-fest) on September 20, 2024.[6](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/get-away-2024-british-comedy-horror-film-now-streaming-on-jiohotstar-8605266) IFC Films released it in US theaters in a limited run on December 6, 2024, and it began streaming on January 10, 2025.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away) In the United Kingdom, Sky bought the film for distribution and premiered it on [Sky Cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/sky-cinema) on January 10, 2025, as a Sky Original.[8](https://www.sky.com/watch/get-away) • [13](https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/get-away/press/) The BBFC classified the cinema version on December 9, 2024, at 86m 5s with the advisory "strong violence, gore"; the home-entertainment version was classified on April 30, 2024, under the title *Svalta*.[1](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/get-away-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdiwnju2) In the US it carries an R rating for strong bloody violence and gore, language, and sexual content.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away) Later streaming availability included Hulu, AMC+, and Shudder in the US, and JioHotstar in India from June 6, 2025, in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam dubs.[14](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/get-away) • [6](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/get-away-2024-british-comedy-horror-film-now-streaming-on-jiohotstar-8605266)
## Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds 76% from 51 reviews, with 39 fresh and 12 rotten and an average rating of 6.3/10; the critics consensus calls it uneven as comedy and horror but a highly unique blending of the two genres.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away) Metacritic recorded a Metascore of 58, indicating mixed or average reviews, with 6 positive, 4 mixed, and 0 negative reviews among those scored.[9](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/get-away/critic-reviews/) The US theatrical gross was $179.9K.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away)
**Critical views.** Positive reviews highlighted the final act: Empire's John Nugent (3/5) called the film funny and shocking, saying its "bloody bonkers final act makes it worth the trip", and Paste gave 74, calling it bleakly satirical and a far cry better than Haars and Frost's earlier collaboration *Krazy House*.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away) • [9](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/get-away/critic-reviews/) [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-wall-street-journal)'s John Anderson described it as "offhandedly funny, conscientiously forbidding and ultimately a surprise".[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away) More mixed assessments pointed to tonal swerves: Screen Daily found the story uneven, and [The A.V. Club](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-a-v-club) scored it 50, saying the film's thematic interests were scattershot and the tone overwhelmingly uneven.[5](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/get-away-review/5199753.article) • [9](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/get-away/critic-reviews/) The Guardian's review (40) argued that Frost had done this kind of folk-horror homage before, and better.[9](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/get-away/critic-reviews/) Screen Daily also noted that word of mouth about the film's out-of-left-field final act could help it find an audience, particularly on the smaller screen.[5](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/get-away-review/5199753.article)
## References
1. [Get Away, British Board of Film Classification](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/get-away-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdiwnju2)
2. [Get Away, International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025](https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/get-away)
3. [Get Away interview with Nick Frost and Aisling Bea, Fantastic Pavilion](https://fantasticpavilion.com/get-away-interview-with-nick-frost-and-aisling-bea/)
4. [Get Away, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/get-away/umc.cmc.5basf56t9flhq8peg7y3h712o)
5. [Get Away: Review, Screen Daily (Nikki Baughan)](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/get-away-review/5199753.article)
6. [Get Away (2024), A British Comedy-Horror Film, Now Streaming on JioHotstar, Gadgets 360](https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/news/get-away-2024-british-comedy-horror-film-now-streaming-on-jiohotstar-8605266)
7. [Get Away, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_away)
8. [Watch Get Away on Sky Cinema, Sky.com](https://www.sky.com/watch/get-away)
9. [Get Away critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/get-away/critic-reviews/)
10. [New Release Review: Get Away, The MovieWaffler](https://www.themoviewaffler.com/2025/01/get-away-review-nick-frost-aisling-bea.html)
11. [The Bee, January 23, 2025 (production notes quotation)](https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/08/63/90/00206/2025-01-23.pdf)
12. [Get Away (2024) on Netflix, NetflixMovies.com](https://www.netflixmovies.com/get-away-2024)
13. [Get Away press clippings, British Comedy Guide](https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/get-away/press/)
14. [Get Away streaming: where to watch, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/get-away)
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