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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary Ryder, an artsy, confident California teen heads to Nebraska for a family reunion. After planning to come out to his conservative relatives, he holds off at his mother's request but nevertheless makes a showy entrance at the cookout with his short shorts and his eye-catching shades. No one seems particularly impressed except his 9-year o...

Directed By: Matt Sobel

Written By: Matt Sobel

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 24 m

Take Me to the River

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
4.6
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Summary Ryder, an artsy, confident California teen heads to Nebraska for a family reunion. After planning to come out to his conservative relatives, he holds off at his mother's request but nevertheless makes a showy entrance at the cookout with his short shorts and his eye-catching shades. No one seems particularly impressed except his 9-year o...

Directed By: Matt Sobel

Written By: Matt Sobel

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
65
79% Positive
11 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
7% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
65
79% Positive
11 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review

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100
Jan 31, 2015
The darker undertones of the family are handled with surprising nuance considering the first-timer behind the camera. The movie deals in open secrets, implications, and unsettling histories; a sense of alienation haunts virtually every scene.
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88
Mar 31, 2016
Wonderfully confident and strange, Take Me to the River marks an auspicious directing debut for Matt Sobel. There’s not a stale moment in it.
By John Hartl FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 31, 2016
Despite outstanding performances, the characters lose subtlety as they grow more extreme, and their secrets when spelled out become anticlimactic. Maybe with a little more mystery, the evil would seem less banal.
By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 31, 2015
The superlatively acted indie promises more than it delivers, but chillingly evokes sufficient primal dread.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
63
Mar 31, 2016
The menace never becomes palpable, whether because of illogical plot lines or questionable casting. The stakes are so high, but the suspense never rises to the occasion.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 31, 2015
Despite its sharp visuals and evocative sense of place, the unevenly acted film never quite builds enough atmospheric dread to distract from its characters' somewhat implausible behavior.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
38
Mar 18, 2016
It's difficult to believe in Ryder's gullibility, if not willingness to be caught in his uncle's strange web of provocations.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW

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4.6
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38% Negative
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Release Date Mar 18, 2016
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/TakeMetotheRiverFilm
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Awards

Tallgrass International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Nomination

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