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Ebert criticizes the film for being too contrived and similar to other "save the farm" movies. He praises Sissy Spacek's performance and the kitchen love scene, but finds the plot flawed and the villain unconvincing.
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The movie stars Meryl Streep as a former Montana river guide...
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24% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 49% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Tom and Mae Garvey (Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek) are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition...
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- Mark Rydell
- PG-13
- Mel Gibson
Sissy and Mel face off against a raging river -- and plenty more -- in this chest-thumping melodrama from On Golden Pond director Mark Rydell. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 23, 2019
Jan 11, 1985 · The River: Directed by Mark Rydell. With Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch. A farming family battles severe storms, while taking a valiant stand against a bank foreclosure and a powerful land grabber.
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- Drama
- Mark Rydell
- 1985-01-11
Apr 20, 2015 · Guided by Rumer Godden’s autobiographical novel, he rejected the India of exotic action and spectacle to make a meditative, almost mystical film set beside a holy river in Bengal, whose success would launch a new era of portraying India on-screen.
100% Tomatometer 17 Reviews 95% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Stellan Skarsgård stars as John River, a brilliant police officer whose genius and fault line is the fragility of his mind. He is a man...
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The movie stars Meryl Streep as a former Montana river guide who wants to take her family back home for a white water rafting expedition. Her husband ( David Strathairn) is reluctant; he's a workaholic who has seriously alienated his young son by making it obvious he prefers his office to his home.
