The River Wild (1994)

The River Wild: A movie worth watching!!!

I saw this movie a year or two ago and wanted to watch it again and again. I have only been able to find it on the internet. Meryl Streep (Gail) portrays a former river rafting guide. She decides to take her family on a white-water rafting trip for her son and to try and save her marriage with her husband that is hanging by a thread. They meet up with a couple of strangers that seem to be in trouble. Gail offers to help them down the river. But what she thought were two helpless men, turn out to be criminals and take over the family. They have to band together to outsmart the crooks. It is a very good movie worth watching! It has a little of everything: humor, excitement, suspense, thrilling, and a happy ending. Be careful having your kids watch this, though. As the movie progresses and tensions rise, there is some minor language that makes the movie realistic. According to kidsinmind.com, the "f" word is used only once. All the rest are common words you would expect to hear from a regular movie. I give it two thumbs up!!! June 30, 2008

White Water Rafting Thrills With Streep And Bacon

The opening scenes of THE RIVER WILD show a very buff Meryl Streep rowing in Boston's Charles River accompanied by stirring theme music by Jerry Goldsmith. This promise of quality is fulfilled throughout the suspenseful albeit rather predictable movie after the setting switches to the western wilderness. Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon are among Hollywood's most talented and versatile actors and in this outing Streep believably plays a mom who meets extreme physical and emotional challenges (while piloting a white river raft no less) after she encounters Bacon a cunning criminal psychopath. The river scenes are beautiful and I've read that Streep actually did her own stunts for the most part. There are a couple of surprises along the way to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. A good movie for anyone but especially a family with older kids who want a little bit but not too much edge to their viewing experience. May 13, 2008

Streep and Bacon make this River Wild,not the plot!

Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon put the "wild" in Curtis Hanson's 'The River Wild".The plot is terribly formulaic,but it is the depth of the acting that takes this fodder and turns it into something exciting and nail-biting.Streep and Bacon go head to head down the river gorge locking wits and butting brains with enough action/adventure shots and a riveting Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack to keep one's attention and heart racing.This film is to be enjoyed for it's outstanding cinematography,smart editing, but not for some of the corny story lines that are presented. November 6, 2007

Meryl Streep Can Play Any Role

Meryl Streep takes the lead in this adventure gone action movie. Kevin Bacon always plays a great villain. This movie is beautifully shot. Great outdoor action movie. March 3, 2007

The River Wild

Great suspense movie with great "stars". Kevin Bacon was outstanding as usual. Definately worth the purchase. August 7, 2006

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