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20 February 1989 (USA) morePlot:
Comedy drama about a young journalist (Pamela Reed) who, upon returning to her Minnesota home town, begins to examine her life. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
A movie of exceptional sensitivity and achievement moreCast
(Credited cast)| Ailene Cole | ... | Svea | |
| Don Cosgrove | ... | Casket Salesman | |
| Jon DeVries | ... | Baker | |
| Ron Duffy | ... | Duane | |
| Michael Gallagher | ... | Will | |
| Jo Henderson | ... | Estona | |
| Zeljko Ivanek | ... | Momo | |
| Richard Jenkins | ... | Cordell | |
| Viveca Lindfors | ... | Harriet White | |
| Craig T. Nelson | ... | Marlyn Huutula | |
| Alan North | ... | Beske | |
| James Olson | ... | Jack Canon | |
| Oliver Osterberg | ... | Arne | |
| Pamela Reed | ... | Mary Graving | |
| Richard Riehle | ... | Merv |
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The attempt to make a movie of this subtlety in the United States of the late 1980s was extraordinary, and the measure of how simply yet successfully it was done equally so. The result is moving and exemplary, and especially so for screenwriters, for it shows how much can be done at little cost if a company of filmmakers commit themselves to focusing upon people rather than hype. Readers of this comment needn't read further, for it ends here. However, the 'guidelines' for posting require me to 'hype' its length to ten lines - so I am obliged to repeat: RACHEL RIVER is moving and exemplary, and especially so for screenwriters, for it shows how much can be done at little cost if a company of filmmakers commit themselves to focusing upon people rather than hype.