The River Wild (1994)

Name: The River Wild
Director: Curtis Hanson
Genre: Adventure, Thriller, Drama
Released: 1994
Duration: 111 min

"The vacation is over."

ThumbScore

👍 79%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 64% (RT: 64%, MC: 63)

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Director

Curtis Hanson

Runtime

1h 51m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.5/10 (942 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

64%

Metacritic

Cast

Meryl Streep as Gail Hartman · 73% avg

David Strathairn as Tom Hartman · 71% avg

Kevin Bacon as Wade · 72% avg

John C. Reilly as Terry · 73% avg

Joseph Mazzello as Roarke Hartman · 79% avg

Benjamin Bratt as Ranger Johnny · 72% avg

William Lucking as Frank · 70% avg

Stephanie Sawyer as Willa

Is The River Wild good?

Most people think so. 79% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 64%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#621 / 1446 · Adventure

Rank in its year

#50 / 84 · 1994

Rank among its director's films

#5 / 7 · Curtis Hanson

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare. Wikipedia ↗