2015 · drama · thriller
Take Me to the River (2015)
Directed by Matt Sobel1h 24m2015
A naive California teen plans to remain above the fray at his Nebraskan family reunion, but a strange encounter places him at the center of a long-buried family secret.
Our read: Take Me to the River (2015) (2015) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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