Fresh
The perfect high old time for audiences in the mood to be tossed into the spin cycle for a pulse-pounding thrill ride.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The River Wild
The vacation is over.
1994 · 1h 51m · PG-13
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Curtis Hanson
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The River Wild
Overview
Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.
Director and cast
- Curtis Hanson Director
- Meryl Streep as Gail Hartman
- David Strathairn as Tom Hartman
- Kevin Bacon as Wade
- John C. Reilly as Terry
- Joseph Mazzello as Roarke Hartman
- Benjamin Bratt as Ranger Johnny
- William Lucking as Frank
- Stephanie Sawyer as Willa
- Elizabeth Hoffman as Gail's Mother
- Victor Galloway as Gail's Father
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Rotten
O'Neill proves to be a squeamish screenwriter. He doesn't allow his villain to do anything truly unnerving until the story's nearly done.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rotten
Constructed from so many ideas, characters and situations recycled from other movies that all the way down the river I kept thinking: Been there. Done that.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
If watched from a mildly amused, forgiving distance, the movie has its enjoyable moments -- good and campy.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
The thriller framework is still familiar, but the results exhibit a welcome freshness.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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