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River's Edge

- Which was worse? The murder or what came after?

A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to help him escape the consequences of his dreadful deed.

Release Date : 1986-10-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : IslandHemdale Film Corporation

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Layne

Original Name : Crispin Glover

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matt

Original Name : Keanu Reeves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clarissa

Original Name : Ione Skye

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maggie

Original Name : Roxana Zal

Gender : Female

Character Name : Samson

Original Name : Daniel Roebuck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Feck

Original Name : Dennis Hopper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tim

Original Name : Joshua John Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bennett

Original Name : Tom Bower

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jamie

Original Name : Danyi Deats

Gender : Female

Character Name : Madeleine

Original Name : Constance Forslund

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jim

Original Name : Leo Rossi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike

Original Name : Phillip Brock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony

Original Name : Josh Richman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Burkewaite

Original Name : Jim Metzler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kim

Original Name : Tammy L. Smith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Moko

Original Name : Yuzo Nishihara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Checker

Original Name : Taylor Negron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom

Original Name : Christopher Peters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kevin

Original Name : Richard Richcreek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Maeve Odum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aunto

Original Name : Francis De L'Etanche du Bois

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony's Father

Original Name : Michael Hungerford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : James Terry

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Did the sight of this dead girl move you in any particular way? River's Edge is directed by Director: Tim Hunter and written by Neal Jimenez. It stars Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck, Dennis Hopper, Joshua John Miller, Roxana Zal and Josh Richman, Music is by Jürgen Knieper and cinematography by Frederick Elmes. When a group of high school friends discover that one of their social group has murdered another - his girlfriend - they all react in various ways... Based on an actual murder incident in 1981, "River's Edge" is a deeply unsettling film in how it probes the troubling underbelly of American youth. Naturally considered controversal at the time of release, it is however a fascinatingly brave portrait of disaffected youth via home and school life. The various reactions each member of the group serve up is chilling whilst baffling considering the reality of it all. The screenplay is high quality because it doesn't demonise the "kids" for their bizzare response to a tragedy in there circle, instead we get complex characterisations that are smartly portrayed by the young cast. They in turn are bolstered by another edgy off the wall turn by Hopper (he did Blue Velvet as well this year), where his ex biker drug peddler also has a murder in his past and has given his love to a blow-up doll named Ellie. Troubling in many ways, a sort of nihlistic youth apocalypse that's amazingly handled with a calm honesty, this still decades later remains an important film. 7.5/10