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  • 2023
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2023
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 15 m

Summary An exploration of the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth’s rivers. Spanning six continents, this visual and musical tour-de-force is by turns celebratory, cautionary, and ultimately hopeful that we are beginning to understand rivers in all their complexity and fragility. Narrated by Oscar Nominee Willem Dafoe. Wit...

Directed By: Jennifer Peedom, Joseph Nizeti

Written By: Robert Macfarlane, Joseph Nizeti, Jennifer Peedom

  • 2023
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2023
  • Greenwich Entertainment
  • 1 h 15 m

River

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary An exploration of the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth’s rivers. Spanning six continents, this visual and musical tour-de-force is by turns celebratory, cautionary, and ultimately hopeful that we are beginning to understand rivers in all their complexity and fragility. Narrated by Oscar Nominee Willem Dafoe. Wit...

Directed By: Jennifer Peedom, Joseph Nizeti

Written By: Robert Macfarlane, Joseph Nizeti, Jennifer Peedom

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
56% Positive
5 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
11% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
56% Positive
5 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
11% Negative
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100
Apr 18, 2023
River is a poetic argument made potent.
By Matt Goldberg FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 18, 2023
Serenity, wonderment and worry mix in this awe-inspiring, musical tour of the Earth’s waterways.
By Phil de Semlyen FULL REVIEW
78
Apr 20, 2023
We know that we have turned rivers from mystical places into resources, but in its sumptuous 75-minute delivery River allows us to see the flow of that narrative. And it is beyond gorgeous, as visually dazzling (if not quite as stomach-churning for acrophobics) as Mountain: luscious landscapes of quiet streams, poisoned fish and angular dams presented as abstract patterns, and the quiet joy of swimming.
By Richard Whittaker FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 21, 2023
Not a call to action, River instead contents itself by being a sensational reminder of where it is we all come from.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 18, 2023
Peedom has now done it again, this time on the subject of rivers with the usual montage of powerful images. Visually rich though it still is, I have to admit to being a bit restless with this kind of globalist Imax-style docu-fantasia.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 18, 2023
In River, the waters soon turn murky as context is largely omitted in favour of exquisite yet repetitive aerial imagery depicting astonishing natural landscapes, tidal currents, and elemental forces.
By Marina Ashioti FULL REVIEW
20
Apr 18, 2023
By the time the credits rolled on River, I wanted to throw myself into the nearest one.
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Production Company Stranger Than Fiction Films, Arrow Media, Arrow Pictures
Release Date Apr 21, 2023
Duration 1 h 15 m
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Tagline The arteries of the planet are the arteries of humanity.
Website https://greenwichentertainment.com/film/river/
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Awards

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
APRA Silver Scroll Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Millennium Docs Against Gravity
• 2 Nominations

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