The River (1984)

  • Rated PG 13
  • 2hr 4m
  • 46

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Mark Rydell

Writer:

Robert Dillon

Release Date:

Jan 11, 1985

Runtime:

2hr 4m

Synopsis

A farming family battles severe storms, a bank is threatening to repossess their farm, and there are other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm.

Cast

  • Mel Gibson
  • Sissy Spacek
  • Shane Bailey
  • Becky Jo Lynch
  • Scott Glenn

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63

The River is nothing more than a conventional, albeit pretty, melodrama. [11 Jan 1985, p.4N]

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Metacritic review by Gene Siskel
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
40

Gibson, the thinking man's Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Spacek, a rawboned Raggedy Ann, are nearly silent partners in this largely visual parable. Despite their good looks and best efforts, the film falters. [11 Jan 1985, p.19]

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Metacritic review by Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
50

Sissy Spacek and Mel Gibson suffer admirably as the farm couple, but their roles have no real dimension. [15 Jan 1985]

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Bob Thomas
The Associated Press
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