Turn the River

2007

Action / Drama

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 45% · 21 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 45% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 1979 2K

pool billiards

Plot summary

A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.

Director

Chris Eigeman Photo
Chris Eigeman

Top cast

Zoe Lister-Jones Photo
Zoe Lister-Jones as Kat
Famke Janssen Photo
Famke Janssen as Kailey
Brennan Brown Photo
Brennan Brown as Randolph
Rip Torn Photo
Rip Torn as Quinette
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678.82 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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1.4 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by den_quixote 7 / 10

There may be an explanation after all

Thanks to a review by hikergirl_tx I have become aware of an explanation for an ending I previously considered so completely bizarre I thought I had a faulty copy of the DVD. If you have concerns about the ending check out her review. My assessment pretty much coincides with everyone else's. A little short on plot, a horrible pointless title (unless there was some untapped potential audience among poker players, which there isn't since those people never leave the casino,) very little action, pool scenes that are staged to make a few trick shots look like actual expertise etc. The movie is quite dark, with adequate to excellent performances all around, but again - that ending.
Reviewed by Buddy-51 6 / 10

strong performances and atmosphere overcome underwhelming drama

Hardscrabble single moms appear to be all the rage in indie dramas these days. That may account for why, after "Frozen River," "Sleepwalking" and the like, "Turn the River" doesn't feel quite as original and fresh as it otherwise might.Kailey Sullivan is a down-on-her-luck pool hustler who doesn't even have visitation rights with her 11-year-old son who lives with his abusive dad and stepmother. Kailey's plan is to make just enough money at the tables to enable her to grab the kid and head north of the border.Written and directed by Chris Eigeman, "Turn the River" has a nice feel for the rhythms and tones of everyday life, with the drama as understated as the performances. The scenes between mother and son are particularly well conceived and executed. There is sensitive, thoughtful, subtle work by Famke Janssen as Kailey; Jaymie Dornana as her son, Gulley; Matt Ross as Gulley's dad; Lois Smith as the boy's paternal grandmother; and Rip Torn as the pool hall owner who sets up matches for the cash-strapped Kailey and serves as go-between for her and her son.Even the melodrama at the end is nicely underplayed, so much so that we can forgive the air of déjà vu that hangs over much of the work.
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