River's Edge
Summary:
The nude, strangled body of a teenaged girl lies on the edge of the river. Her murderer is her boyfriend, Daniel Roebuck. All the kids in Roebuck's dismal, dead-end town know who committed the murder. Trouble is, no one bothers to turn Roebuck in; some of the teens don't know how to react to the crime, while others, strung out on drugs and booze, just don't give a damn. A study ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Crispin Glover - (Layne)
Keanu Reeves - (Matt)
Ione Skye - (Clarissa)
Daniel Roebuck - (Samson "John" Tollette)
Dennis Hopper - (Feck)
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Review:
Tim Hunter's 1987 The River's Edge arrived a few years after the disaffected teen pictures of the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as Foxes, The Outsiders, and the Hunter-scripted Over the Edge. These films were cautionary tales inspired by the proliferation of drugs, sex, and parental negligence, and their tone was reminiscent of th... Continue >>
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