Yet another dysfunctional family drama indie film, writerdirector matt sobels take me to the river has its flaws. Wind river is a 2017 neowestern murder mystery film written and directed by taylor sheridan. With logan miller, robin weigert, josh hamilton, richard schiff. He jumps at the chance when a mysterious client contracts him for a weekend kidnapping with a handsome payday at the end. Dylan is visiting because his cousin rio and his uncle alan invited him for a canoeing trip on the rio grande. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A stunning debut feature from writerdirector matt sobel, take me to the river is polanski, with cicadas. The first time i saw take me to the river was at its premiere at the 2015 sundance film festival, but while watching the movie again more than a year later, its impact came rushing back to. Take me to the river 2015 it wasnt my idea scene 77. The film was released on netflix in august 2016, two years after its initial release. The film, woven together by an omnipresent sense of dread, is the masterful debut from writerdirector matt sobel. What looks like a comingofage premise, though, is upended.
The film was disturbing, the acting was subpar, and a lot of what happened just didnt. The film stars jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen as a u. The storyline, characters, and somewhat of a plot twist was all a mess. Take me to the river superlatively acted cultureclash indie chillingly evokes primal dread and sexual transgression as a gay. It stars sean penn, tim robbins, kevin bacon, laurence fishburne, marcia gay harden, and laura linney. Take me to the river is a 1974 song written by singer al green and guitarist mabon teenie hodges. Never sensationalist or melodramatic, take me to the river the title always gets me thinking about the singing from fish in that fever dream episode of the sopranos feels like a timebomb that doesnt explode but gradually seeps out. In matt sobels take me to the river, a gay california teenager becomes enmeshed in scandal during a family reunion in nebraska. Dark river is a 2017 british drama film written and directed by clio barnard, and starring ruth wilson, mark stanley, and sean bean.
The river is a 1984 american drama film directed by mark rydell, written by robert dillon and julian barry, and stars sissy spacek, mel gibson, and scott glenn. A short film by eric kissack narrated by nick offerman. Its a slowly tightening vise, all about suspicion and hostility and resentments and what people aren. Because its not really about what happened to molly. Ray is a fledgling entrepreneur who specializes in highend simulated abductions. Though theres still more than an hour left after the big moment, nothing nearly as momentous happens. If you noticed, early on in the movie, molly mentions to ryder something about his father not being his father. Most similar movies to take me to the river the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. For the most part, take me to the rivers lurch into melodrama marks a permanent shift away from it being just another sensitive sliceoflife. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing take me to the river near you. Red river is a 1948 american western film directed and produced by howard hawks and starring john wayne and montgomery clift, giving a fictional account of the first cattle drive from texas to kansas along the chisholm trail. The film documents the event by immersing you in the midst of the celebration. Take me to the river immerses a teenager in scandal at a.
In 2004, al greens original version was ranked number 117 on rolling stone magazines list of the rolling stones 500 greatest songs of all time. The dramatic tension stems from a growing feud over the management of the drive, between the texas rancher who initiated it wayne and his adopted. The film brings multiple generations of awardwinning memphis and mississippi delta musicians together, following them through the creative process of recording a. The father faces the dilemma of having to work as a. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. I interpreted it as keith being ryders father and molly possibly being ryders sister. While extremely impressive in its mounting, the drama ventures into some tricky emotional territory that may induce queasiness in some viewers, or headscratching for others. Synopsis take me to the river is a feature film celebrating the intergenerational and interracial musical influence of memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. In matt sobels take me to the river, a gay california teenager becomes.
With pat healy, taylor schilling, alycia delmore, jim oheir. Take me to the river is a quietly disturbing slice of southern gothic that isnt southern at all. When it debuted at the 2015 sundance film festival, matt sobels debut feature take me to the river provoked what one writer described as. Take me to the river is a documentary film of the maha kumbh mela, a hindu festival and pilgrimage which was the largest gathering in the history of the world. Take me to the river by matt sobel official trailer.
Its a slowly tightening vise, all about suspicion and hostility and resentments and what people arent talking about when they talk to each other. But on the whole, this is an impressive feature debut. Take me to the river is a feature film celebrating the intergenerational and interracial musical influence of memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. The film follows the recording of a new album featuring legends from stax records and memphis mentoring. Its a nebraskacalifornia culture clashsexual abuse story confined and contained in a single family, on a family farm over a reunionbirthday celebration weekend.
In sobels film, that kind of geographical distance informs the cultural differences between his hometown in. Take me to the river is an adventure book written by will hobbs. Fish and wildlife service tracker and an fbi agent, respectively, who try to solve a murder on the wind river indian reservation in wyoming. Take me to the river 2015 ending explained youtube.
The army wont tell the boys whats happening, but passes. Gil birmingham, jon bernthal and graham greene also star sheridan. The events in the barn and on the river do sound like they are eerily similar to the past as well. A scene from the nebraskaset family drama, take me to the river. Army suddenly commandeers the campground where they are launching. The film is very well made and acted with care and subtlety, and the narrative didnt go where i was expecting. The screenplay, written by brian helgeland, was based on the novel of the same name by dennis lehane.
Robin weigert and logan miller star in the upcoming drama take me to the river directed by matt sobel. The film was disturbing, the acting was subpar, and a lot of what happened just didnt seem to make a whole lot of sense. The film is loosely based on rose tremains novel trespass. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The film brings multiple generations of awardwinning memphis and mississippi delta musicians together, following them through the creative process of. Its notable that a drive from milan to madrid is shorter by 500 miles. A californian teenagers plan to come out at his nebraskan family reunion gets derailed when a bloodstain on his young cousins dress makes him the unwitting suspect of abuse.
Rural nebraska is the setting of matt sobels semiautobiographical, mostly imagined feature film debut take me to the river. Take me to the river is a 2014 american documentary film directed by martin shore about music of memphis, tennessee. Logan miller and ursula parker in take me to the river 2015 logan miller at an event for take me to the river. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Sobel largely abandons the naturalism of his early scenes, shooting for something more spare and spooky. The film tells the story of a struggling farm family in the tennessee valley trying to keep its farm from going under in the face of bank foreclosures and floods. A west coast teenagers comingout narrative gets sidetracked by unexpected family secrets in take me to the river, a confidently steered firsttime feature from writerdirector matt sobel. Then again, there may be a good reason why take me to the river plays it so coy. I can speak to the accuracy of the closed mindedness on display in matt sobels gayinthemidlands.
Starring logan miller, robin weigert, josh hamilton, richard schiff, ursula parker. As such, take me to the river is at turns riveting and deathly boring. About the film take me to the river is a feature film celebrating the intergenerational and interracial musical influence of memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation. But you cant, not when his script is shot full of holes and broken narratives that. A curious mystery shakes up a family reunion in take me to the river. Take me to the river what happened ryder logan miller chases after his little cousin molly ursula parker when a disturbing incident occurs. Instead, the film stays more grounded in mundane mysteriesalthough sobel does work hard, all the way to the end, to avoid offering any. The film was disturbing, the acting was subpar, and a. Im both a pedophile into young girls in a submissive way actually, so it was hot for me to see molly lead things, and will most likely live as a gay man men are my sex life to date.
Take me to the river 2015 take me to the river 2015. His partner in adventure is a local river rat, his cousin rio. Depravity lurks in take me to the river the boston globe. But the good parts are so well realized that its almost possible to cut sobel a break. A curious mystery shakes up a family reunion in take me to. When it debuted at the 2015 sundance film festival, matt sobels debut feature take me to the river provoked what one writer described as a polarizing reaction among critics. Sobels film skates past any persuasive sense of motivation. Take me to the river isnt a horror movie, but then its not not a horror. As the two are packing their boats for ten days in the canyons, the u. Mystic river is a 2003 american neonoir mystery drama film directed and scored by clint eastwood. The bloody dress is just a hook, to keep viewers engaged while sobel continues what he started in the film s opening minutes. A family reunion turns nightmarish in take me to the river.
A family reunion turns nightmarish even by family reunion standards in take me to the river, the unsettling feature debut of writerdirector matt sobel. Originally barnard intended the film to be a straightforward adaptation of the novel, which was set in southern france and involved two sets of elderly siblings involved in a. While extremely impressive in its mounting, the drama ventures into some tricky emotional territory that may induce queasiness in some viewers, or. Hit versions were recorded by both syl johnson and talking heads. Take me to the river focused on a single event and just didnt let go, everything else became irrelevant. Six black hawk helicopters appear overhead and race across the river into mexico. It premiered on march 11, 2014 at sxsw film festival in austin, texas. Experience a roller coaster of emotions as obscurity and clarity flow across the crowded and dusty flood. Can somebody explain the ending to take me to the river. Thats 1,500 miles from the willow glen suburb he grew up in. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and gloomy films with plots about father daughter relationship, horse, incest, child abuse, singing, children and river mostly in. This debut indie feature from writerdirector matt sobel doesnt quite stand up to close.
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