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Take Me to the River

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A gay teenager (Logan Miller) faces accusations of abusing his 9-year-old cousin (Ursula Parker) during a family reunion in Nebraska.
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Ibad Shah IndieWire 09/13/2017
A
With its lyrical approach to a deliberate pace, the movie develops a hypnotic effect even when deceptively little happens. Go to Full Review
Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader 05/26/2016
Matt Sobel transforms a nightmare he once had into an evocative, original drama. Go to Full Review
Scott Marks San Diego Reader 04/21/2016
1/5
Is it me, or is the big climactic reveal not really worth all the hubbub? Go to Full Review
Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema 08/05/2021
3.5/5
An excellent piece of work imbued with a specific sense of place. Go to Full Review
David Bax Battleship Pretension 01/07/2021
Take Me to the River doesn't quite hold water but I eagerly await seeing what Sobel does next. Go to Full Review
Nick Evan-Cook One Room With A View 04/19/2019
3/5
The dark and twisted Take Me To The River is an intriguing and enjoyable little drama - though very slight, and never entirely convincing in terms of its characters' motivations, behaviours or actions. Go to Full Review
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Avery S. @RT37704506 1d Don't watch this. SPOILER ALERT! They have a small child act out an adult scene and the ending was very weird and make the whole movie seem useless. See more C R F @RT33117049 1d Slow, painful and highly uncomfortable to watch. To have a child act this out nomatter how real the scaenario may be in the world is just sick and disgusting. The overacting of the mother without any hint at context and the intense silence of the entire movie doesn't help either. Honestly the worst. See more SILENT D @RT49335286 5d Do not waste your time with this movie. Movie made me kinda mad. If I could rate this movie lower I would. The movie is overall cheeks straight cheeks. It's also pretty weird imagine having a minor grinding on a what 23 year old not to mention a very mid ending. I did like the idea of the story a little the I can't come out cause family is homophobic part but the rest as I said straight booty cheeks. See more Kathern S @katiemay51 Feb 7 The movie was very secretive, so secretive that I never caught what the secret was. I was guessing throughout the entire movie See more Andreea T @VacaCuTotosi Dec 4 for me personally this movie felt like a fever dream, I didn’t really understood it, I felt like this movie was uploaded just to be there..and the fact that really good actors played in it, like Richard Schiff, it really pisses me off ngl..idk I didn’t like it, it was kind of boring I waisted 90 mins of my life when I could’ve just went to sleep.. See more Carissa F @RT93648201 03/21/2025 I lost brain cells watching this movie. So dumb. Don’t waste your time watching this. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A gay teenager (Logan Miller) faces accusations of abusing his 9-year-old cousin (Ursula Parker) during a family reunion in Nebraska.
Director
Matt Sobel
Producer
Matt Sobel
Screenwriter
Matt Sobel
Distributor
Film Movement
Production Co
Explosion Film
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 18, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$25.8K
Runtime
1h 24m
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