The triumph of this bleak, unsettling picture is that, no matter how grim it gets, it's far too involving for you to turn away.

| Nov 11, 2013

River's Edge is a contemporary horror story about teen-agers, but it contains no slasher scenes or serial homicides. Its monsters are all too real.

| Nov 11, 2013

An unusually downbeat and depressing youth pic.

| Jul 18, 2007

It's more a success than a failure, if only because the confusions are so protean.

| Jul 18, 2007

There are some good, frightening scenes of volatile lunacy, but the whole thing badly lacks a controlling distance and perspective.

| Feb 9, 2006

A disquieting tale set in the grim realities of trashy America. Some great, often insane performances make it a memorable trip.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 6, 2004

Bitter and disturbing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2003

Beautifully photographed by Frederick Elmes, the visuals are often at odds with the barreness at the movie's core.

| Mar 10, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 14, 2002

This is the best analytical film about a crime since The Onion Field and In Cold Blood.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The movie's thinking is hackneyed and sloppy.

| Jan 1, 2000

River stabs all-too-wildly in the dark.

| Jan 1, 2000