Edward Burns, Jennifer Ehle, Thomas Gibson, Rachelle Lefevre, Ross Petty
Abel Grey is sent to investigate the death of a boy from an exclusive local school, who is found floating in the river. Fearing scandal, the school insists it was suicide. But after discovering from t...( read more
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January 22, 2010The 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 studen...( read more)
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December 26, 2009Solid filmmaking and an interesting premise drive this small mystery but a lack of a strong script hurts. Burns is good but there is so much started without a place to go.
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November 17, 2009The River King is another star turn by Edward Burns. An excellent mystery told with insight into character and a great deal of atmosphere. There were some creepy scenes that made me fear for a while that this film was going to disappoint me by offering a ghostly solution -- so di...( read more)
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March 3, 2009well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is an ok movie...its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie..i think that ed burns, jennifer ehle, thomas gibson, ross petty, rachelle lefevre play good parts throughout this movie...i think that t...( read more)
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March 3, 2009I felt NO chemistry between Ed 7 leading lady. Very poor casting in a mediocre adaptation of a great Alice Hoffman novel. Ed turns in his usual hard guy performance, & newcomer Rachelle LeFevre was great.
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February 7, 2009its an ok film but forgetable.
it has not the element that would give it one more star
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