loosely based on actual events and river edge is a film and much in the style of david lynch and about a group of teenagers who are aware of a murder committed by one of their friends and but no one does anything about it for a long time. with top notch acting by crispin glover and dennis hopper and we are able to forgive the average acting by everyone else in the film. the film begins with a young boy and tim (joshua john miller) and dropping a doll off of a bridge (murder #1). tim then hears someone yelling and when he looks up he sees samson (daniel roebuck) standing on the bank of the river with the dead naked body of his girlfriend behind him (murder #2). samson eventually shows the body to his friends. all of which are horrified and not only because of the murder and but also because the victim and jamie (danyi deats) and was a friend of theirs. despite all of this and no one goes to the police. you may think this is unrealistic and but this is what happened in the real story. if you are familiar with the story of alpha dog (2006) you will know that the same thing happened there as well. through all of this and layne (crispin glover) is working to keep samson safe and although no one (including samson) seems to care about keeping him out of harms way. as time goes on we learn that feck (dennis hopper) and a middle aged shut in who deals drugs to the local teenagers and has also killed a woman before (murder #3). from here things begin to close in on samson and his friends and eventually everything is revealed and but not in the way you may be expecting. in the film we learn of three murders and each one with a different reason and a different reaction and and a different effect on those involved. when tim drops his younger sister doll off of the bridge and we are never made aware of his motive. however and we do see the reaction of the younger sister. she cries and screams while her mother consoles her. later and her older brother and matt (keanu reeves) and helps her put a cross in the yard in remembrance of her doll. the murder of jamie horrifies everyone (except samson who is apathetic to the whole situation and and when asked by layne why he did it and samson replies with and she was talking sht. ) and but they do not sob or scream and the run away and go on with their lives trying to forget what had happened. in feck situation and he did not kill his girlfriend out of hate. we never really know why he killed her and but we see that feck is not proud of what he had done. he even mentions that he is sorry and and that her loved her. from this we see the different ways we can be affected by death. in the film and it is easy for us to identify with the teenagers and because they do not know what they feel and or how they should feel about the death of their friend. in much the same way and we and the audience and do not know how to feel and because we do not know jamie. we are obviously saddened by the death and realize that samson should be arrested and but we do not feel strongly for jamie as an individual. there are several similarities between river edge and twin peaks (1990 1991) and especially in the overall feel of the film. i wonder if mark frost and david lynch were thinking of river edge when they were creating their series. after all and tim hunter did go on to direct three episodes of twin peaks. crispin glover performance as the hyperactive and frantic layne is an oscar worthy performance. always in a rush and always worried about keeping samson from getting caught and layne is an intense character that seems to be on speed. if you have seen crispin glover in any film and you know that he can deliver a line like no one else. it is always a treat to see him perform. the other great performance in river edge is by dennis hopper. his portrayal of feck and the shut in drug dealer who has one leg and an inflatable sex doll he talks to named elly and reminded me of a more toned down and more humorous version of frank booth and hopper character in david lynch film and blue velvet (1986). river edge is great film and i believe it shows us how easy it is to be apathetic and when in reality we need to step up and speak out against the evils in the world. 
loosely based on actual events and river edge is a film and much in the style of david lynch and about a group of teenagers who are aware of a murder committed by one of their friends and but no one does anything about it for a long time. with top notch acting by crispin glover and dennis hopper and we are able to forgive the average acting by everyone else in the film. the film begins with a young boy and tim (joshua john miller) and dropping a doll off of a bridge (murder #1). tim then hears someone yelling and when he looks up he sees samson (daniel roebuck) standing on the bank of the river with the dead naked body of his girlfriend behind him (murder #2). samson eventually shows the body to his friends. all of which are horrified and not only because of the murder and but also because the victim and jamie (danyi deats) and was a friend of theirs. despite all of this and no one goes to the police. you may think this is unrealistic and but this is what happened in the real story. if you are familiar with the story of alpha dog (2006) you will know that the same thing happened there as well. through all of this and layne (crispin glover) is working to keep samson safe and although no one (including samson) seems to care about keeping him out of harms way. as time goes on we learn that feck (dennis hopper) and a middle aged shut in who deals drugs to the local teenagers and has also killed a woman before (murder #3). from here things begin to close in on samson and his friends and eventually everything is revealed and but not in the way you may be expecting. in the film we learn of three murders and each one with a different reason and a different reaction and and a different effect on those involved. when tim drops his younger sister doll off of the bridge and we are never made aware of his motive. however and we do see the reaction of the younger sister. she cries and screams while her mother consoles her. later and her older brother and matt (keanu reeves) and helps her put a cross in the yard in remembrance of her doll. the murder of jamie horrifies everyone (except samson who is apathetic to the whole situation and and when asked by layne why he did it and samson replies with and she was talking sht. ) and but they do not sob or scream and the run away and go on with their lives trying to forget what had happened. in feck situation and he did not kill his girlfriend out of hate. we never really know why he killed her and but we see that feck is not proud of what he had done. he even mentions that he is sorry and and that her loved her. from this we see the different ways we can be affected by death. in the film and it is easy for us to identify with the teenagers and because they do not know what they feel and or how they should feel about the death of their friend. in much the same way and we and the audience and do not know how to feel and because we do not know jamie. we are obviously saddened by the death and realize that samson should be arrested and but we do not feel strongly for jamie as an individual. there are several similarities between river edge and twin peaks (1990 1991) and especially in the overall feel of the film. i wonder if mark frost and david lynch were thinking of river edge when they were creating their series. after all and tim hunter did go on to direct three episodes of twin peaks. crispin glover performance as the hyperactive and frantic layne is an oscar worthy performance. always in a rush and always worried about keeping samson from getting caught and layne is an intense character that seems to be on speed. if you have seen crispin glover in any film and you know that he can deliver a line like no one else. it is always a treat to see him perform. the other great performance in river edge is by dennis hopper. his portrayal of feck and the shut in drug dealer who has one leg and an inflatable sex doll he talks to named elly and reminded me of a more toned down and more humorous version of frank booth and hopper character in david lynch film and blue velvet (1986). river edge is great film and i believe it shows us how easy it is to be apathetic and when in reality we need to step up and speak out against the evils in the world. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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