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River's Edge

1986 · 100 min

A queasy, slow-burning study of teenage apathy and moral drift that lingers like a bad dream.

Directed by: Tim Hunter
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye

Tagline: Which was worse? The murder or what came after?
Overview: 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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Directed by: Tim Hunter
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
guilt
morality
death
coming-of-age
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Horror	6
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	9
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: crime, drama, thriller
Directed by: Tim Hunter
Written by: Neal Jimenez
Starring: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Roxana Zal, Daniel Roebuck, Dennis Hopper, Joshua John Miller, Tom Bower
Music: Jürgen Knieper
Cinematography: Frederick Elmes
Runtime: 100 min
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English

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