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- 1994
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
- 1994
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
Summary Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
Directed By: Curtis Hanson
Written By: Denis O'Neill
- 1994
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
- 1994
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 51 m
The River Wild
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6.6
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Summary Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
Directed By: Curtis Hanson
Written By: Denis O'Neill
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
63
66% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
28% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
63
66% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
28% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The River Wild may be the season's most exhilarating family entertainment. [30 Sep 1994, p.C1]
The River Wild is an exhilarating thriller, and Streep is memorable as a former whitewater river guide who has to summon up all of her old skills to save her life and the lives of her husband (David Straithairn) and son (Joseph Mazzello). [30 Sep 1994, p.3G]
The thrills and spills are often fun, despite their predictability. Watching this movie doesn't seem so much like white-water rafting as it does like taking a theme-park thrill ride that you've already taken a few dozen times. [30 Sep 1994, p.25]
In spite of the fact that everything turns out exactly as you think it will, director Curtis (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle) Hanson's movie, written by Denis O'Neill, is a tense, satisfying entertainment. [30 Sep 1994, p.69]
[Hanson] does another deft job of conveying a heroine's secret anxieties, at least during the first half of his story.
It's her first action flick, and Meryl Streep ends up with a watered-down script: the metaphoric journey is without resonance and the actual journey is without thrills. The River Wild is awfully tame. [30 Sep 1994]
The River Wild is simply a procession of banal, dull situations that add up to nothing. [30 Sep 1994, p.G4]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 User Ratings
6.6
67% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 User Ratings
6.6
67% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 1 Nomination
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
• 1 Nomination
