Review of River's Edge (1986) by Shane D — 01 Sep 2009
Am I the only one out there who sees how funny this movie is? Sure it's dark, but it's dark in the way that Heathers is dark. In fact it kind of feels like a companion piece to Heathers. The dialogue, the characters, and Crispen Glover's accent and hair. I think my favorite piece of dialogue is an exchange between Dennis Hopper and Daniel Roebuck and it goes a little somthin' like this:
Hopper: I killed a girl once. Shot her right in the face. I loved her.
Roebuck: I strangled mine.
Hopper: Did you love her?
Roebuck: She was alright.
Maybe I'm sick but that's funny shit to me. The delivery on "She was alright" was perfect. If this movie was set up to be a straight up drama, then it's a failure, but if, as I suspect is the case, it was meant to be a black comedy then it's one of the best of the eighties.
This review of River's Edge (1986) was written by Shane D on 01 Sep 2009.
River's Edge has generally received positive reviews.
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