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The Same River Twice (2003)
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Reviews Counted: 31
Fresh: 21
Rotten:10
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Consensus: An insightful documentary about the passage of time for a group free spirits.
Runtime: 78 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release: Sep 10, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: In THE SAME RIVER TWICE, director/writer/producer Robb Moss tells a true story that takes place across two separate decades: the 1970s, when Moss and a group of long-haired, free-spirited friends spent a summer rafting and camping along... [More]
Director: Robb Moss
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Top Critic
On the expected side: Those were good times. Get it will you can. I really wouldn't encourage my kids to do the same thing. And so on.
02/12/05
At its core, The Same River Twice is about a process everyone goes through, and the recognition that change is inevitable and we can't be young forever.
12/09/04
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04/17/04
Top Critic The copious nudity of the '78 sequences is striking, but the body part gazed upon most by these people is the navel.
04/09/04
Offers glimmers of truth about the aging process, but there is always the sense that Moss only wades knee-high into this river.
03/28/04
It's Moss' disinclination to judge that gives what might otherwise be a slight film its genuine poignancy.
03/26/04
Other documentaries have crisscrossed between time frames, but Moss' beguiling The Same River Twice represents one of the most effective uses of the device.
03/12/04
Top Critic The movie's then-and-now approach proves reasonably interesting, but Same River doesn't dig deeply enough to provide us with more than a series of passing views.
03/12/04
Top Critic The documentary The Same River Twice will ring startlingly true to any ski bum who ever went legit.
03/12/04
Top Critic The Same River Twice is far from an arthritic exercise in hippie nostalgia. There is a seasoned richness and vivid specificity to these lives, for all their hurts and losses.
03/11/04
Succeeds through articulate, nostalgic sequences of introspection linked by poetic camerawork.
03/04/04
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02/09/04
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Treats its audience with unusual intelligence and serves up meaty food for thought.
02/02/04
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