The film is a fast-paced thriller in which a young family on a white-water rafting adventure in Montana are taken hostage by a pair of dangerous fugitives. The mother then takes on the pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
1965, Glendale, California, USA
29 January 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 January 1949, San Francisco, California, USA
22 June 1949, Summit, New Jersey, USA
8 February 1927, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
24 May 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 April 1959, Dallas, Texas, USA
17 June 1941, Vicksburg, Michigan, USA
8 July 1958, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
9 November 1955, Newark, New Jersey, USA
16 December 1963, San Francisco, California, USA
21 September 1983, Rhinebeck, New York, USA
December 11, 2007
A buff Streep vs. bad guy Bacon on a wild river journey in which good acting overcomes several cliches.
January 01, 2000
Constructed from so many ideas, characters and situations recycled from other movies that all the way down the river I kept thinking: Been there. Done that.
January 01, 2000
If watched from a mildly amused, forgiving distance, the movie has its enjoyable moments -- good and campy.
May 12, 2001
The perfect high old time for audiences in the mood to be tossed into the spin cycle for a pulse-pounding thrill ride.
January 01, 2000
The thriller framework is still familiar, but the results exhibit a welcome freshness.
March 25, 2003
It looks like an action movie, sounds like an action movie, but there's a lot more going on here.
February 07, 2003
The title promises more than the film delivers.
August 15, 2003
Terrible "suspense" movie. Predictable and no action until the end.
September 19, 2004
corny but gripping
January 09, 2002
[Streep's] role is ridiculous, and the scenes depicting her marital crisis play like a hokey prelude to the inevitable reconciliation.
January 01, 2000
O'Neill proves to be a squeamish screenwriter. He doesn't allow his villain to do anything truly unnerving until the story's nearly done.
February 29, 2012
Another 1990s domestic parable chastising workaholic dads, The River Wild also functions as a gorgeous travelogue and a Meryl Streep action film.
