A River Runs Through It

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (12)
D: Robert Redford
Columbia/Allied (Robert Redford & Patrick Markey)
US 1992
123 mins

Drama

W: Richard Friedenberg [based on the story by Norman Maclean]
DP: Philippe Rousselot
Ed: Lynzee Klingman & Robert Estrin
Mus: Mark Isham
PD: Jon Hutman

Craig Sheffer (Norman MacLean), Brad Pitt (Paul MacLean), Tom Skerritt (Rev. MacLean), Brenda Blethyn (Mrs. MacLean), Emily Lloyd (Jesse Burns)

Robert Redford steps behind the camera lens for this nostalgic drama about two brothers, their preacher father and their equal love of fly-fishing.
There's some dramatic moments of love, loss and family feuding in-between the poetically filmed scenes of the pastime, but not really enough to justify it's two-hour length.
The acting is generally fine and Brad Pitt made his breakthrough role with the film's most memorable performance, but the big question is whether or not audiences will care as much for the peaceful nature of fishing the way that Robert Redford does.
6/10

A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It