TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

lathe-of-heaven Okay... The direction, cinematography, the mood, and the pacing were done brilliantly and were truly captivating. And, unlike other reviewers here, I REALLY like Edward Burns; I think he is a cool kat in the vein of a milder Ben Affleck (PLEASE, do yourself a HUGE favour and watch 'CONFIDENCE'; DAMN good film!!!) BUT... And it is a BIG BUT like Mariah Carey's... It just isn't that terribly imaginative or deep. So, if you like your films very simple and straight-forward, you might like it. HOWEVER... If, like me, you like to have a little more mystery, imagination, and flavour in your movies, the ending of this film will leave you flatter than Chaz Bono...The movie is very well made, but, anyone who enjoys a bit more mystery and other-worldly flavour in their films should steer away and watch something else, because it is highly likely the ending will greatly disappoint you.Thus the extreme disparity and polarized reviews of this film...

Vomitron_G The first time I saw this one, a few years ago on a Brussels film festival, I thought it was pretty good. Upon a recent re-watch, it got even better. This isn't really a horror movie, so don't be mislead or anything. It's more like a mystery(whodunit)-drama with a touch of the supernatural. It was fun re-watching it because now I've noticed a few other things (like some clues that were given). The movie's pace is very slow, but that didn't translate to 'being boring', more like intriguing instead. The cinematography is absolutely beautiful and the musical score is excellent. I expected no less, because this is a film by Nick Willing ("Hypnotic aka Doctor Sleep" & "Photographing Fairies").A boy in his late teens is found dead in the frozen river. Abel Grey (Edward Burns) starts to investigate and the trail leads him to a prestigious school with an exclusive student club. A lot of subplots occur and I didn't even mind that some of them don't really lead anywhere. They were rather interesting and provided some nice insights to several characters. The main storyline is of course the investigation of the accidental death/murder/suicide of the teenager. Parallel with that investigation, detective Grey comes to terms with a hidden trauma from his past involving the death of his brother. It is connected in more ways with the current investigation than only the outcome of the investigation. So "The River King" is a pretty clever movie, which works on many levels. What it lacks in suspense, it compensates in atmosphere.

raymondknapik The River King is based off the novel of Alice Hoffman. The movie is about a detective Abel Grey who is played by Edward Burns. He is sent to investigate the death of a student. The police department believes that the death of the student is a suicide. But he believes that students death is not. The movie starts off slow but starts to pick up some speed towards the middle. I thought that Edward Burns did a good job in the movie but even he can't save the movie. I thought the was good until I got to the end of the movie. The movie is not going to be for everyone and because of the way the movie ends I can't recommend the movie to anyone.

scotmac mac This movie has many problems. The acting is not great. It is slow. It does not develop the characters. And the plot is not interesting enough, nor developed enough.They never develop any of the characters, not even the main character Abe. They had many chances to develop his character, but instead just kept adding in trivial scenes. It feels as if they are trying to get "through" all of the book, instead of correctly editing it down to a good movie.Even the name of the movie has nothing really to do w/ the plot.Finally, Ed Burns was completely miscast. He is WAY too aristocratic to be a cop. Besides his accent is completely incorrect for the local, etc. And he can NOT disguise it.