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Actors: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Ione Skye
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about River's Edge |
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Inspired by a true event that happened in Milpitas, California in 1981, a loser high school kid strangles his girlfriend for insulting his late mother, then brags about the killing and shows his friends the body. Aimless and adrift themselves, no one's sure what to do. Layne (Glover), a manic hedonist, wants to protect their friend and get him smuggled out of the country, but other kids like Matt (Reeves) think maybe someone should inform the police. Dennis Hopper has a memorable supporting role as Feck, a nearly homeless veteran with one leg who deals out weed and tries to escape the ugliness of the world by living a life of fantasy, but has to face the situation eventually. Joshua Lee Miller has an especially frightening turn in this dark, dark 1986 film as Matt's little brother, who seems destined for a life of psychopathic crime. Not a movie to watch when you're feeling at all delicate.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of River's Edge |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- committing crimes
Age group
- trouble in high school
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
- seeing nude female butt
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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