The River King (2004)
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37% of users liked it
(3,614 ratings)
The body of a prep school student has been discovered in a nearby river, and though the death was originally listed as a suicide one detective believes that it may have actually been the result of a fraternity hazing gone awry in director Nick Willing's snowbound mystery. Detective Abel Grey… More The body of a prep school student has been discovered in a nearby river, and though the death was originally listed as a suicide one detective believes that it may have actually been the result of a fraternity hazing gone awry in director Nick Willing's snowbound mystery. Detective Abel Grey (Edward Burns) isn't willing to write off the case as a suicide just yet, and with a little help from sympathetic teacher Betsy Chase (Jennifer Ehle) he hopes to uncover the truth behind the mysterious and untimely death. As a series of elusive clues lead Detective Grey ever closer to the truth, he is forced to confront not only the increasingly complex facts in the case of the student death, but his own repressed emotions related to the suicide of his older brother years earlier as well. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nick Willing
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Oct 21, 2005 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 24, 2006
- Studio
- Myriad Entertainment Group
Critic Reviews
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Susan Walker, Toronto Star
One possible outcome after another is broadly telegraphed as the movie plods along, but most lines of inquiry are never to be resolved.
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Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Sem jamais optar entre uma linha narrativa realista ou fantasiosa, o filme se fragiliza também em função de uma trama frouxa que traz personagens desnecessários e uma conclusão pessimamente resolvida.
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Jane Stevenson, Jam! Movies
A slow-moving, badly-written, and messily constructed whodunit that succeeds in being boring and not much else.
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