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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, Musi…
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River's Edge
“Which was worse? The murder or what came after?”
65%
Movie
1h 40m
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River's Edge (1986) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of River's Edge (1986) — a movie tagged as Crime, Drama, and Thriller with tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~100 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate River's Edge 65% (311 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1986-10-10
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- TMDB rating
- 6.5
- TMDB ID
- 21309
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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 ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Cast
Crispin Glover
Layne
Keanu Reeves
Matt
Ione Skye
Clarissa
Roxana Zal
Maggie
Daniel Roebuck
Samson
Dennis Hopper
Feck
Joshua John Miller
Tim
Tom Bower
Bennett
Danyi Deats
Jamie
Constance Forslund
Madeleine
Leo Rossi
Jim
Phillip Brock
Mike
Josh Richman
Tony
Jim Metzler
Burkewaite
- T
Tammy L. Smith
Kim
- Y
Yuzo Nishihara
Moko
Taylor Negron
Checker
Christopher Peters
Tom
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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
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