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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0687797614599
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: First Look Pictures
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: First Look Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 24, 2006
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 65012
Studio: First Look Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Detective Abel Grey (Edward Burns) is called to investigate the death of a prep shcool student in the nearby river. Initially ruled as a suicide, Grey suspects that the death was a hazing incident gone toofar and solicits the help of a sypathetic and smitten teacher (Jennifer Ehle) to uncover the truth. Through a series of mysteriously placed clues, he is led on a path to not only uncover the answers to the student death, but also with how own personal demons stemming from the suicide of his older brother years earlier.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Much Ado About NOTHING
The cover and synopsis description looked like the film had all the elements to be interesting and thrilling. It was anything but. I literally kept falling asleep and had to keep rewinding to find out what I had "missed". When I finally found the supposed shattering explanations for the deaths ( of Abel's brother and Gus) a two second clip of events, I was so aggravated that I kept interrupting my sleep for NOTHING. I couldn't even think of an ending that boring or stupid if I had a gun to me head. ... Read More
Rating:  - -------Kept me guessing until the end-------
This was a really good story and it's remained in the back of my mind since I watched it! Edward Burns, in the starring role, gives an outstanding performance as Detective Abel Grey.
The setting is a small New England town where a private prep school seems to be the dominating influcence in the area. When Gus Pierce, a young student is found dead, the questions start! Did he commit suicide, have an accident or was he murdered? The school officials, the police chief, the boy's best friend, ... Read More
Rating:  - Town and gown
For over a century, the small New England town of Haddon has maintained an uneasy relationship with its prestigious prep school. Some of the coldness has been remedied by a huge donation made by the academy for a local health center. So when one of the scholarship students is found face up under the ice of the river, the police and town council are reluctant to investigate when it looks like an accident or suicide. But one cop, Abel Grey, cannot bring himself to sweep ant evidence under the Persian rugs, ... Read More
Rating: - A very pleasant surprise from a very underated movie
I turned on my TV today and there was a picture of freshly fallen snow in a forest on a moonlit night. Not living in Canada or the woods of New England it was a beautiful image I don't get to see very often and it got my attention. The camera then pans over to Ed Burns as he is walking through the woods. This scene caught my interest but what is more impressive is that the movie was able to keep it throughout even though I had turned on my TV to watch something else. As other reviewers have said the movie ... Read More
Rating: - Film Review
My first exposure to "The River King" was the last fifteen minutes on TV. Even this short exposure caused me to feel that everything about the flim (acting, music, pace) indicated that I must be watching a Canadian production, which it is. Having bought the DVD, it confirmed that I was watching a superbly crafted drama. Sadly, Hollywood can't seem to make many films that take their time to develop the characters without resorting to violence and special effects.
Edward Burns carries the film and, ... Read More
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