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Take Me to the River

Play trailer 2:02 Poster for Take Me to the River Released Mar 18, 2016 1h 24m Drama Mystery & Thriller LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 With its lyrical approach to a deliberate pace, the movie develops a hypnotic effect even when deceptively little happens. Rated: A Sep 13, 2017 Full Review Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader Matt Sobel transforms a nightmare he once had into an evocative, original drama. May 26, 2016 Full Review Scott Marks San Diego Reader Is it me, or is the big climactic reveal not really worth all the hubbub? Rated: 1/5 Apr 21, 2016 Full Review Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema An excellent piece of work imbued with a specific sense of place. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 5, 2021 Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension Take Me to the River doesn't quite hold water but I eagerly await seeing what Sobel does next. Jan 7, 2021 Full Review Nick Evan-Cook One Room With A View 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. Rated: 3/5 Apr 19, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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私の心に天狐 u This is a unique and bold dramatic work from the Taboo series Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/24 Full Review PridePosterStudios What does this film achieve? An uncomfortable waste of 90 minutes. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review kareenacat H Well, I honestly did not understand the connotation of all this chicken fighting until I read reviews and comments...Geez, I went back to watch the river scene and noticed Molly's actions on his shoulders. Somehow didn't focus on her during that scene the first time..... ..I would say filming a young girl doing this would be considered a form of child porn, movie or not...There was incest involved if you believed Ryder was Keith's father and Molly...A disturbed girl being abused by the father to get even with this sister...I don't think Molly is the child of Keith and Cindy because it would mean she gave her up to him and kept Ryder..It is all very confusing and strange and yes, very dark.......Overall, this movie is based on incest, more than Ryder being gay...I thought this poor kid was being abused by all of them..He was so weak....I felt bad for him the most.. Not a bad movie, but weird and disturbing.... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Very bad in all respects. Uncle has been raping his own daughters and we find he has raped his sister in the past. He takes out a gun to threaten his nephew so that his gay nephew will rape his daughters, too. This is a sick movie and glorifies pedophilia. That the mother and son walk right into every ploy of the uncle is unbelievable and the "lolita" quality of the 9 year old girl who has already menstruated and is having orgasms on her cousin's shoulders is beyond the pale. Do not watch this movie. It comes out of a sick mind. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member I thought that it had a great story. A boy who is accused of sexually using his 9 y/o cousin but isn't able to disprove it because he can't come out due to homophobia Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member This film doesn't even get close to stars, the writer/director (same person) should have been charged with Child Pornography ! Maybe, even the cast also. I want to know personally " what were you people thinking about ? " This film and its director is horrible, tasteless, sad, and pointless. If I HAD to rate, this film would be -5 Stars. Unfortunately I have to rate a 1/2 to post. This director is a CHILD ABUSER ! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review 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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