River's Edge (1986)

	Directed by: Tim Hunter	COUNTRY USA GENRE Crime/Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE Tause vitner RUNNING TIME 99 minutes
	Produced by: Sarah Pillsbury Midge Sanford
	Written by: Neal Jimenez

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Layne	Crispin Glover
Matt	Keanu Reeves	½
Clarissa	Ione Skye Leitch
Samson 'John' Tollet	Daniel Roebuck	½
Feck	Dennis Hopper	½
Tim	Joshue John Miller
Maggie	Roxana Zal	-
Tony	Josh Richman	-
Mike	Phillip Brock	-
Detective Bennett	Tom Bower	-
Madeleine	Constance Forslund	-
Jim	Leo Rossi	-
Mr. Burketwaite	Jim Metzler	-
Checker	Taylor Negron	-

Review

Crispin Glover's wild overacting puts an almost insurmountable dent in this otherwise remarkable story about the murder of a young girl and how the whole community of her friends from the other side of the tracks deal with the situation in all the wrong ways. The film tackles issues such as poverty and alienation with a sense of balance and nuance, but also with an unmistakable sense of camp. There's a bleakness and aimlessness mixed in with an aesthetic which doesn't always gel, but which at least will keep you interested. And the picture certainly taps into something thought-provoking, perhaps even true. The score by Jürgen Knieper sounds weirdly outdated today.