River's Edge

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller
10/10/1986
100
R

Which was worse? The murder or what came after?

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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Revenue:
$4,600,000
Budget:
$1,900,000

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  • John Chard

    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 ...

    February 29, 2020

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