Kind of a ripoff of "Stand By Me" but with a much more talky, messagey, moralistic script about The Problem Of Our Disaffected Youth (complete with crusading high school ex hippie teacher) this film is ultimately a bore, helped along the way toward that enervating destination by a Spicoli wanna be Crispin Glover and Dennis Hopper's usual Stoned Out Weirdo/Psycho routine. However, Keanu Reeves and Ione Skye are decent and Daniel Roebuck could give Hopper lessons in how to play chilling sociopaths by employing the always effective Less Is More method. C plus.
Review of River's Edge
