The River Wild (1994)
The film is a fast-paced thriller in which a young family on a white-water rafting adventure in Montana are taken hostage by a pair of dangerous fugitives. The mother then takes on the pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
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December 11, 2007
A buff Streep vs. bad guy Bacon on a wild river journey in which good acting overcomes several cliches.
August 15, 2003
Terrible "suspense" movie. Predictable and no action until the end.
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.
February 07, 2003
The title promises more than the film delivers.
January 01, 2000
The thriller framework is still familiar, but the results exhibit a welcome freshness.
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.
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.
January 01, 2000
If watched from a mildly amused, forgiving distance, the movie has its enjoyable moments -- good and campy.
September 19, 2004
corny but gripping
January 09, 2002
[Streep's] role is ridiculous, and the scenes depicting her marital crisis play like a hokey prelude to the inevitable reconciliation.
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.
March 25, 2003
It looks like an action movie, sounds like an action movie, but there's a lot more going on here.
