River's Edge

On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being crazy, and 10 being crazy, Crispin Glover scores an A+.

Loyalty among a group of teenage delinquents is tested when one of the guys murders one of the girls for no apparent reason. It's got a handful of strong performances from the young cast (including the always quirky Crispin Glover), but the story doesn't seem to have anything to say about its characters. Nice to see that Keanu Reeves had already perfected his "vacant stare" style of acting in such an early role, though.

Bonkers. Basically a 90's Dazed & Confused except one of the characters murders a friend in the first minute of the movie. A close relative to Twin Peaks without the supernatural magic that made TP so great. Never go full Crispin.

I never thought I'd ever see anyone out-surferdude Keanu Reeves, but Crispin Glover somehow manages it.

There's a cold honesty to this movie that's refreshing to see, and is especially unexpected from an 80s movie about teenagers. More in tune with Gummo than Stand by Me, this movie paints a pretty grim picture of how teenagers' minds operate. Roebuck, Glover and Hopper make a perfect trifecta of weird, and Reeves does a commendable job as well. This is an under appreciated 80s gem.

An odd, downbeat, almost surreal yarn about dark episode in the life of some young 'uns who on a better day would be in a John Hughes or Richard Linklater flick. It feels a bit disjointed, Crispin Glover overdoes it even for him, there's a slightly unsettling intercut sex/murder scene, and there's the world's most worst twelve-year-old in it. It is compelling, however, and even though some of Glover's antics might take you out of it, it feels largely plausible. Plus Hopper is in it. Intriguing.

The hook is brilliant - pointless life faces pointless death. Tim Hunter gets some oddball actors and aims them into trajectories that are just right. It's a great double feature with the same year's Stand By Me - stripped of the veneer of nostalgia we see only darkness in our inability to comprehend the magnitude of death.

Pleasingly weird Generation X satire with a similar premise to Blue Velvet (same cinematographer too). Although the story is a little too offbeat to have a big impact, the fresh-faced yet ragged-looking young cast, plus Hopper, give the film a dynamism. Factor in the surreal black humour which has 12-year-olds driving around town armed with nunchucks, and you've got quite an original auteurist voice (Tim Hunter also directed a Twin Peaks episode). Maybe this film was too leftfield to be a hit.

What can you say about Crispin Glover in this?--except that you probably shouldn't act an entire film on crystal meth. At least he makes Keanu seem subdued by comparison (and actually almost good). Dennis Hopper is his usual fun self (in a lethal way of course).

I have rarely seen a film where 95% of the characters are completely obnoxious, and you just hope they get killed as soon as possible ... is this what the film is about? The apathy we all display in spades towards our society, friends, fellow humans? If so, the casting was perfect. When you start to root for a blow up doll to be the only character that survives, you know you are watching a complete turkey. That's not to say there were not some good points and performances, but I just didnt care

I don't like it as much as I used to, but there are moments, most of which involve Crispin Glover being his usual insane self. Also, this is the role Keanu Reeves was born to play: a not very bright but ultimately likeable stoner. The little brother is easily the most obnoxious, beating-worthy child I've ever seen. I don't mean the actor is annoying, I mean the character is such a rotten little delinquent that you really want to see him get killed.

While I do enjoy being depressed, I don't always enjoy being made to be depressed.

An incredibly dark comedy-drama that I, mainly because of Glover's ridiculously over-the-top antics, ultimately cannot recommend. For the perfect depiction of warped, desensitized teenagers, go watch the similarly themed 'Bully'.

Unsettling characters, openly dark - a great combo for its deranged story. I took away ties to the ID, superego, and ego with the main guys that kept me mildly entertained.

It is unclear if Crispin Glover's performance attracts attention due to the fact that every other actor gives a slog of a performance (including the usually hyperactive Hopper) and he looks manic by comparison. Or is that he is just completely over doing it? In any case, he is a distraction, to say the least, which becomes grating by the conclusion. River's Edge is deeply sad, but it probably would have been much more effective with performances that were on even keel.

could have been better, great attributes. If you are an american high school student then this is a great film.

This is just a weird, weird mix of things. It's got some real drama and figuring out loss and how real is grief at times, really, or what should we care about, but it's laced with crazy amounts of overacting, especially from Crispin Glover, who comes up entirely comical for the duration of the entire movie. The 80's tough kiddo cringe is real with the child actors. Also, did Crispin Glover just fart when he found a body? DID HE? I don't even...

I was expecting a pretty depressing and detached film about teenagers that operate in a similar way, and that's what I got. But I also got a glimpse into the lives of these unsupervised teenagers, where they depressingly have a certain amount of freedom, which to me was comfy and fun to watch. The whole "teenagers just don't care!" angle initially seemed preachy, but it always centred back in on its own hopeless mood.

I wonder if Keanu Reeves, who wasn't bad in this one, learned his shitty acting from Crispin Glover...

Crazy Dennis Hopper + Crazier Crispin Glover = A strange but surprisingly accurate portrait of high school.

Slightly above average depressing 80's film, notable for having two of the most batshit crazy people in Hollywood in it.

Surprisingly this didn't suck quite as bad as I expected.

Dated youth film is commonly praised for its 'edge' and 'realism', but it's really a product of an overall climate of moral panic that swept the western world after the mid 80's and peaked in the 90's with films like Benny's Video and Kids. Unlike those films, R.E has nothing intelligent to say about the problem of youth alienation as a by-product of a general social pathology, and some of the performances are poorly judged. e.g. Glover. It has its moments, but it's wildly overpraised.

a script like this should've turned out a better finished product, but everything just felt a little on the cheap side

Fuckin' Slayer.

Disturbing film about youth and crime with great performances from Glover, Reeves and Hopper.

Some variety of the quirky indie thing is present here, the blacker progenitor to Brick or some shit. I didn't really enjoy how overdone everything was, and I also don't much appreciate being exposed to a gang of bogun dudebros for 90 minutes if it's not funny. Could make for a good double feature with Heathers, which I'm also not a fan of. Points for a pretty good soundtrack and Dennis Hopper.

Sharp delineation of the moral bankruptcy of adolescence. I knew people like this when I was a teenager

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look, i know that on some level this is moronic bullshit, but it also has dennis hopper dancing with a blow-up doll, crispin glover playing every single kevin smith character at the same time and, best of all, show no mercy-era slayer, arch-era fates warning and the fucking wipers (unfortunately not this https://cutt.ly/fG0HScR) on the soundtrack, which is far beyond the realm of dream (https://cutt.ly/1G0HesP) and makes me wonder if somewhere out there i have a twin i don't know about.

More of a teen after-school special that tries too hard to be edgy

Plenty to admire in this relic from the darkest end of the '80s teen movie pool, most of all Frederick Elmes' superb photography. Alas, there is also a bizarre performance by Crispin Glover that appears to have been whisked in from a manic stoner comedy. His performance, all flailing arms and frenetic line deliveries, honestly killed a little of the doom-laden mood which Hunter and co otherwise so ably sustain throughout.

There's an old saying that a true friend is one who will help you bury the bodies. I spent most of this film trying to decide whether I wanted Crispin Glover's character as a friend, or whether I would have told him to get lost years before. It's a nihilistic film with unsympathetic characters, and that makes it really hard to "enjoy."

This is a dark film that has some interesting characters. Some of the characters are eccentric but most of them are troubled in some way. The script is straight forward but it works. Overall I would recommend this film.

A weird movie about apathy and lack of morals among teenagers. Young Keanu is interesting here, Dennis Hopper is also fun, but how much you will enjoy this film probably depends on this question: How DO you FEEL about Crispin GLOVER ovErAcTiNg TO THE MAX!!!?

worth a watch

Harrowing and gripping. Aging biker Hopper is splendid.

A very accurate portrayal of teens in that decade. Great acting, good real-life story, and it's all put together nicely. I love this film.

That moment when the camera zooms into a house and you see a blowup doll sitting on a couch, you just know you've arrived to Dennis Hopper's character.

I really can't tell if Glover is making fun of the movie or if his performance is really this bad. If overacting is compensating for a small dick, he has 2 billion vaginas. I'm not sure what it is: The writing, the music, the editing, the acting...but this is one of the most severe cases of shitty craftsmanship I have seen in a while. It's the writing, though, as probably the biggest factor in the movie's lack of quality. Makes every single character seem like the dumbest moron who ever lived.

An interesting look at believable characters; ultimately not especially memorable, though

Among the top five creepiest movies ever made, it showcases a town of mongrel teenagers without parents or direction and a lack of concern for anything that happens around them. The first half is notably better than the second. It is quite uncomfortable to watch at times.