River Runs Red
Cinedigm Entertainment Group | Release Date: November 9, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
26
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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1
Negative:
4
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40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 12, 2018
River Runs Red is neither substantive nor thrilling enough to prove satisfying. Read full review
35
Film Journal InternationalChris BarsantiNov 8, 2018
It’s only when River Runs Red gets to about the hour mark that a story begins to cohere. Up until that point, it had taken the most perfunctory of stabs at being a ripped-from-the-headlines drama about police shootings. Read full review
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L.A. WeeklyAlan ScherstuhlNov 8, 2018
The acting is stiff, the pacing sluggish, the framing uncertain, the music an intrusive mush and the scenario schematic. But it’s an interesting schematic, at least, complete with thoughtful/exhaustive discussion of the difference between justice, revenge and forgiveness. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayNov 8, 2018
Raising awareness of social injustice is a good goal, but not enough to hold an audience’s attention. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyNov 9, 2018
One of several reasons River Runs Red is such a resentment-generating movie is that it takes a vitally serious subject and makes such a relentlessly dumb hash of it. Read full review
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