The River King
2005 · Movie · R · 95 min · ★ 5.8 · 42% critics
In a snowy small town, a student from an elite school is found dead in a river, and officials are eager to call it suicide. A determined investigator suspects bullying and a dangerous initiation may be involved, while eerie clues and personal grief keep pulling him deeper.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-10-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 42/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (75 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy slow-burning, wintry mysteries with psychological weight and a faint ghostly edge; Not for you if you need brisk thrills or tidy answers.
Pros: wintry atmosphere; absorbing mystery; strong performances | Cons: slow pacing; divisive ending; loose threads
Cast & crew
Edward Burns
as Abel Grey
Jennifer Ehle
as Betsy Chase
John Kapelos
as Joey Tosh
Rachelle Lefevre
as Carlin Leander
- BM
Bruce Murphy
as Joey's Son
Julian Rhind-Tutt
as Eric Herman
Jonathan Malen
as Nathaniel Gibb
Karl Pruner
as Walter Pierce
- DM
David Gibson McLean
as Young Abel
Jamie Thomas King
as Harry McKenna
Directed by Nick Willing