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The River Wild (1994)

It is the story of a young family on an adventure that they fight together, as they are taken to a white water gathering in Montana as hostages by a pair of dangerous fugitives. Things seem to get worse when the mother decides to take the husband of the armed assassins while sailing on a violent river facing strange paths.
Keywords:  #Curtis Hanson #David Strathairn #Kevin Bacon #Meryl Streep #The River Wild
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Chicago Sun-Times
January 01, 2000
Constructed from so many ideas, characters and situations recycled from other movies that all the way down the river I kept thinking: Been there. Done that.
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Your Movies (cleveland.com)
February 07, 2003
The title promises more than the film delivers.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
December 11, 2007
A buff Streep vs. bad guy Bacon on a wild river journey in which good acting overcomes several cliches.
Washington Post
January 01, 2000
O'Neill proves to be a squeamish screenwriter. He doesn't allow his villain to do anything truly unnerving until the story's nearly done.
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Hollywood Bitchslap
March 25, 2003
It looks like an action movie, sounds like an action movie, but there's a lot more going on here.
LarsenOnFilm
February 29, 2012
Another 1990s domestic parable chastising workaholic dads, The River Wild also functions as a gorgeous travelogue and a Meryl Streep action film.
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About.com
August 15, 2003
Terrible "suspense" movie. Predictable and no action until the end.
Washington Post
January 01, 2000
If watched from a mildly amused, forgiving distance, the movie has its enjoyable moments -- good and campy.
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ReelViews
January 01, 2000
The thriller framework is still familiar, but the results exhibit a welcome freshness.
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Movieline
January 09, 2002
[Streep's] role is ridiculous, and the scenes depicting her marital crisis play like a hokey prelude to the inevitable reconciliation.
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September 19, 2004
corny but gripping
Rolling Stone
May 12, 2001
The perfect high old time for audiences in the mood to be tossed into the spin cycle for a pulse-pounding thrill ride.
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