objviewer Review of Take Me to the River

Take Me to the River (2015)

Interesting, but stereotypes and poorly rendered characters.

[1/10 · 13 December 2018]

So, and big spoiler follows, for those who don't get it, the last scene with the adult brother and sister reveals that the Nebraskan brother entrapped his nephew in situations where he could be accused of sexual misconduct with his 9 year old cousin. Why? Evidently the scary, mostly deadpan brother uses his daughter to get revenge on his sister for what happened in their childhood. The gullibility and vapidness of the characters as this unfolds is rather unbelievable. The sister's husband is so unformed as a character as to almost not be there. And stereotypes abound - fancy, elitist smug Californians versus gun-toting, wife-hushing, prejudiced rural Nebraskans.

Also, thought one scene totally inappropriate to have a child actress in. That's why I gave it a 1.