River's Edge

Pros: Great cast, edgy drama
Cons: none

Tired of the usual teenage angst movies? Look no further than 1986's River's Edge. This is a dark and gritty look at one group of teens and how they struggle with loyalty and doing what's right. Samson has taken one of the gals in the group to t ...

Pros:

acting, dark tone and depictions,

Cons:

it's a disturbing story no matter how you twist it, Glover seems over the top

I have a general worry about this country that we as a society have lost any sense of empathy for anyone outside of our own little corner of the world. No one seems to care if anything bad happens to anyone else, as long as they have a paycheck, ...

Pros: Crispin Glover, Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves, others; gripping story; makes you think
Cons: a teen drama for teens

Inspired by the real-life 1981 murder of Marcy Conrad by her boyfriend in California, Tim Hunter’s River’s Edge, released in 1986, is a very moving teen drama starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Sky, Daniel Roebuck, Joshua John ...

Pros: Dennis Hopper. Setting?
Cons: See review.

As far as poorly acted, poorly scripted, poorly soundtracked, poorly directed and poorly photographed movies go, River's Edge is pretty good. You know within two scenes that it was made on a low budget. You can also infer from this that the low ...

Pros: Great story, presented well, authentic
Cons: Occasionally seems too "scripted"

If you were too young to remember the eighties, please watch this and avoid the cotton candy, wonder bread fantasy land that John Hughes created. Being a teen in the eighties, during Reagan's destructive reign, it seemed the world was split in two camps....

Pros: the idea was good...
Cons: the execution was dreadful...

I wrestled with whether or not to write this review only because it would involve admitting that I had viewed this particular film and, in fact, had done so recently. It represents a lot in film that I, as a rule, avoid. I'm not opposed to movies that...

Pros: All four films hold exploitative appeal.
Cons: All four films hold exploitative appeal.

River's Edge-***/*****
Kids-***1/2/*****
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia-*1/2/*****
Death Wish-***/*****

Over the past few months, I've watched enough of the same kind of movie on DVD to sense karmic...

Pros: Interesting study of youthful amoral attitudes
Cons: Very Seedy and Depressing

Caught between the loyalty for their group of friends and their loyalty for their murdered friend, these wayward youth search for direction and guidance. The "River's Edge" mainly begs the question, where are their parents.

When...

Pros: Crispin Glover (!), gritty realism
Cons: none

Without a doubt, "River's Edge" is one of the most disturbing and brilliant films ever made. While akin in spirit to Rob Reiner's equally brilliant "Stand By Me" and the weaker Coppola effort "The Outsiders", what sets...

Pros: Crispin Glover
Cons: It gets silly.

The River's Edge is a very disturbing movie. It makes you think. I was a teenager when I first saw this movie and it bugged me for days. I asked everyone I was hanging around with at the time "If my boyfriend killed me, would you guys just cover for...