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Name: The River
Released: 1984-12-14
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch

The River

PG-13
2h 3m
1984

27%

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This emotionally-charged film celebrates the triumph of a young rural couple as they face nature's greatest ravages, the threat of poverty and a wrenching separation. Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson and Scott Glenn star in this moving tribute to love, faith, determination and the vanishing America of the independent farm family. Tom and Mae Garvey (Gibson and Spacek) are struggling to keep their homestead safe from the local power authority who wants to flood their land. When Mae's former beau, John Wade (Glenn), turns out to be in charge of the plan to acquire the property, tensions run high, climaxing in a devastating confrontation on the flooded river banks.

Director:

Mark Rydell

Producer:

Edward Lewis, Robert Cortes

Writer:

Robert Dillon, Julian Barry

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

27%

Reviews

The Film Yap

Christopher Lloyd

A flop when it came out 40 years ago with a purportedly miscast Mel Gibson, Mark Rydell's unironic look at struggling Tennessee farmers deserves a reappraisal.

Of the three "save the farm" films that all appeared on the scene in 1984, The River places a distant third behind the superb Places in the Heart and the solid Country.

The River is nothing more than a conventional, albeit pretty, melodrama.

Sissy Spacek and Mel Gibson suffer admirably as the farm couple, but their roles have no real dimension.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Candice Russell

The difficulty in seeing The River lies in part with its ill-timed release so soon after Places in the Heart and Country... Similarities aside, The River is the best of the three.

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Additional Info

Genre:Drama
Release Date:December 14, 1984
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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