The River Wild
1994
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Joey (Leighton Meester) fears there could be trouble ahead after her brother Gray (Taran Killam) invites Trevor (Adam Brody), a childhood friend with a troubled past, on their whitewater rafting ...
- (22)
- Ben Ketai
- PG-13
- Leighton Meester
Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10 | Aug 3, 2023. A taut exercise with a few teeth-gnashing rafting sequences. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 2, 2023. River Wild is not a good movie. If ...
Aug 4, 2023 · Published Aug. 4, 2023, 2:30 p.m. ET. Leighton Meester, Adam Brody and Taran Killam star in The River Wild, now on Netflix, a 2023 reimagining of the 1994 thriller starring Meryl Streep and Kevin ...
- 1 min
Aug 2, 2023 · The short and long answer is no. Ben Ketai’s River Wild, which he has co-written with Mike Nguyen Le, tells the story of Joey, who is driving away from her estranged marriage or romantic relationship to attend her brother Gray’s rafting expedition. Apparently, it’s a paid gig, and he has two customers, Karissa and Van.
Aug 1, 2023 · River Wild: Directed by Ben Ketai. With Leighton Meester, Taran Killam, Adam Brody, Olivia Swann. Follows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group.
- (5.3K)
- Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Ben Ketai
- 2023-08-01
RebelPanda 4 August 2023. River Wild 2023 is a fairly thrilling Netflix movie. There are definitely some parts where it lingers too long on dialogue and stock footage of northern American wilderness but otherwise its fast pace keeps your attention. There's plenty of action, combat, and white water rafting.
The rafting on the rapids, the wild chases, the suspenseful silences—all are effectively shot and believably terrifying, even if they border on predictability at times. Real-life couple Meester and Brody are vulnerable and intense, adding some depth to an otherwise basic story. Killam is compelling too, especially during the action sequences ...
