Product Details

• Actors: Sanna Hietla; Antti Ikkala; Jyri Ojansivu
• Directors: Jarmo Lampela
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Lifesize Home Entert
• DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002V7TVA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,795 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rich and Insightful..., October 27, 2004

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Bruce Frigeri "Amateur Film Critic" (Parsippany, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The River (DVD)

that's the quote from Variety that's on the DVD box, and I couldn't agree more. The acting in this film is top notch. The film follows a range of characters over the course of one autumn day in Finland. Included among them are a gay couple trying to keep their affair secret, an adulterous wife, and a young mother contemplating suicide. The film manages to portray all of its characters in a very real and believable way. Unlike some "day in the life" films, this one manages to be an ordinary day with some very extraordinary events. Two thumbs up!!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating..., October 19, 2004

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Joe Bowman (St. Louis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The River (DVD)

...in a bad way. "The River" (or "Joki") takes a painfully familiar formula (ex. Robert Altman's "Short Cuts," as if we needed another), sets it in Finland, and leaves its viewer stranded. The film is structured around a woman who appears to be attempting suicide by drowning her and her baby in a river; the side-stories follow from there. Unfortunately, the "we're-all-connected" theme of the film feels less genuine than even the the most uninspired of the subgenre. The film feels more like a bunch of half-assembled ideas patched together solely because the director didn't know how to conclude (or leave interestingly inconclusive) each story. The sad part is that the film is far from dull; yet your endurance through the entirity may seem futile by the end-credits.