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Title: River's Edge (1986)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Crispin Glover | ... | Layne | |
| Keanu Reeves | ... | Matt | |
| Ione Skye | ... | Clarissa (as Ione Skye Leitch) | |
| Daniel Roebuck | ... | Samson | |
| Dennis Hopper | ... | Feck | |
| Joshua John Miller | ... | Tim (as Joshua Miller) | |
| Roxana Zal | ... | Maggie | |
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Josh Richman | ... | Tony |
| Phillip Brock | ... | Mike | |
| Tom Bower | ... | Bennett | |
| Constance Forslund | ... | Madeleine | |
| Leo Rossi | ... | Jim | |
| Jim Metzler | ... | Mr. Burkewaite | |
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Tammy Smith | ... | Kim |
| Danyi Deats | ... | Jamie | |
A group of high school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Reactions vary, as Layne is intent on protecting Samson and smuggling him out of the state, while others think it's best to go to the police. Matt's tough little brother also finds out about the body and no one knows quite how the police will learn about the murder or who will be blamed for it. Written by Christine Sai-Halasz <sai@mit.edu>
I can remember a college professor commenting as to how disturbing this film was, reflecting the apathy of adolescents (this was before Generation "X").
In a way, most of us are products of the same consumer culture; these high school kids spend their time drinking, getting high and wondering what to do about the body left on a riverbank.
What would they do today? Would things be different?. Some very important questions. There are some excellent scenes with Keanu Reeves, and the dysfunctional family he lives with; his 11 year old brother going out to get wasted; the mother has no idea what to do- spends her time drinking with her boyfriend.
This film was a bit before its time in that it addresses the problems in lower class American society; these kids had no outlet; what is available for them in this dirt-water town? . All in all a few interesting social commentaries are presented, and there are no solutions. 9/10.