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The River Wild is a 1994 American thriller film starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, and David Strathairn. It follows a family of four who are taken hostage by two fugitives during a white-water rafting trip in Idaho.
Sep 30, 1994 · The River Wild: Directed by Curtis Hanson. With Meryl Streep, Joseph Mazzello, Stephanie Sawyer, David Strathairn. Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
- (51K)
- Adventure, Crime, Thriller
- Curtis Hanson
- 1994-09-30
Sep 30, 1994 · Roger Ebert criticizes the movie for its predictable plot, implausible details and poor characterization. He compares it to "Deliverance" and says it fails to surprise or impress the audience.
The River Wild. A family struggling to stay together decides to take a rafting vacation, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows in this intense, white-knuckle ride. With David Straitharn, John C. Reilly. 3,007 IMDb 6.5 1 h 51 min 1994.
- 111 min
A Boston couple, Gail (Meryl Streep) and Tom (David Strathairn) are having marital problems. Gail, a rafting expert, decides to take their child Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) on a holiday rafting down the Salmon River in Idaho, along with their pet dog. At the last minute Tom joins them.
Fast-paced thriller in which a young family on a white-water rafting adventure in Montana are taken hostage by a pair of dangerous fugitives.
- (40)
- Action
- PG-13
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The River Wild. | 1994. Meryl Streep reinvents herself as action woman in this white water action drama. At the film’s opening, she trains on the Charles River, Cambridge, Massachusetts, but she’s soon fiercely protecting her family in the wilderness.
