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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783230597
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783230591
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 23, 1999
Running Time: 124 minutes
Sales Rank: 12208
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 1984
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Rating:  - WONDERFUL!
THIS MOVIE IS EXCELLENT. SUSPENSE, EMOTION, PASSION, ROMANCE, FEAR AND A GREAT PLOT WITH SUPERB ACTING. EVERY ACTOR AND ACTRESS DID A GREAT JOB!
Rating:  - Wishy Washy
Been a while since I saw this but remember it not remarkable. Though Mel Gibson is like me, Australian, and I should be prejudiced,in recent years I have become bored with him. On a one to ten scale, ten being best, give this one six.
Rating: - THE RIVER is not ON GOLDEN POND!
After director Mark Rydell was nominated for his one Oscar in 1981 with ON GOLDEN POND he followed up with another "water drama",this time replacing Katherine Hephburn and Henry Fonda in an already successful Broadway play with Sissy Spacek and Mel Gibson in a trite heartland drama by Robert Dillon.THE RIVER was not successful then, and time has not been on it's side to make it any more endearing or enduring.Spacek had already won her single Oscar for COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER and Gibson was still emerging from "Down Under" when THE RIVER was filmed.The problem with this film is that this story is so GRAPES OF WRATH, but not anywhere as good.A struggling farmer and his wife try to stave off the floods of the river and the floods of the capitalist who want to drown the valley farmland and make a dam that will generate enough water for everyone.( Not a bad idea.They did it where I live and people were given fair market value and we have lots of water!)Well, Tom Garvey (Gibson) is laughingly bullheaded and will not leave the land of his ancestors.Spacek is WAY more convincing as his wife Mae who stays behind to work the land while Tom becomes a "scab",crossing the picket line in order to get work.The plot is terribly predictable with the perfect happy ending with the appropriate triumphant swell of orchestra.The chemistry between Spacek and Gibson is non-existent! They are simply unbelievable as a struggling couple in love.Scott Glenn's interaction as Joe Wade, Mae's former boyfriend and the man who wants ... Read More
Rating: - Enjoyible movie
Gibson did it again, great movie, against nature, tring to keep what is theres. Some romance too. What more can you ask for?
Rating: - FINE FILM BUT GIBSON IS THE FLAW IN IT!
This film is grand in scale with cinematography and special effects that could not be bettered. The river's rage is nothing compared to the characters undergoing their conflict. Sissy Spacek, as usual, turns in another stunning performance (when has she ever been less than excellent in any movie. Definitely, along with Meryl Streep, the finest actress of her generation...I call her my modern "Barbara Stanwyck"). Her portrayal of Mae, the wife, is unflinchingly loyal, yet strong and courageous and feisty. Her determination is what makes this film what it is. No less excellent is Scott Glenn as the antagonist/protaganist who believes in what he is doing totally. Also meriting praise are the two children. They are fantastic! The direction is colorful and nearly flawless. I agree with the previous reviewer though about Mel Gibson. His character, a mite too proud, is a little difficult to take sometimes. He definitely could have shown more bite in the scene where he is attacked by the strikers. The scene where he confronts Scott Glenn in the office is his best scene in this movie. But he definitely could have done a better job with the character. He seems miscast at times. Sissy Spacek makes him look good but his portrayal of the character lacks the nuances necessary to make us believe in what he is doing. It is Spacek that gives us the sympathy for her family. I wish they would have cast Gary Busey in Gibson's role. I think he could have done wonders with it! Other than that, this film ... Read More
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