1994 · crime · drama
River of Grass
Directed by Kelly Reichardt1h 16m1994
Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gunshot sends them on the run together, thinking they've committed murder.
Our read: River of Grass (1994) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded crime · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Neutral, measured, gentle crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- measured
- bleak
- intimate
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