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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.

Rated: Not Rated

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... 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 the Colorado River; and the 2000s, when he revisits the friends who have come through the other side of their counterculture youths and into adulthood. By interspersing reels from the original '70s river trip and documentary footage taken 30-some years later, river guide Jim and fellow travelers Barry, Jeff, Cathy, and Danny are seen both as young, idealistic (and often naked) travelers and older (fully clothed) men and women, some of whom have held onto the counterculture's ideals more than others. Moss often films his grown-up subjects as they watch their younger selves on the screen, capturing genuine moments of memory and reflection. [More]

Director: Robb Moss

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Comes across as two sets of home movies spliced together; we watch politely but secretly can't wait to go home.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
02/02/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

It's a generous document of cultural passage, and not incidentally, the sexiest naturally nudist American movie since Murnau's Tabu.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
09/09/03
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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Offers glimmers of truth about the aging process, but there is always the sense that Moss only wades knee-high into this river.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/28/04
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

The documentary The Same River Twice will ring startlingly true to any ski bum who ever went legit.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
03/12/04
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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A river does indeed run through The Same River Twice, and it's rather shallower than director Robb Moss seems to think.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
10/03/03
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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Thoroughly entertaining.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
08/12/03
Eric Campos
Eric Campos
Film Threat

An elegy, an allegory, and one hell of a beautiful film.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
10/23/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Most of the river rats have achieved lives that they would call happy, but watching their reactions while they view footage of their carefree younger selves will put a lump in many throats.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
01/08/04
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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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.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
03/12/04
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Succeeds through articulate, nostalgic sequences of introspection linked by poetic camerawork.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
03/04/04
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune
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It is poignant to see the young bodies aged.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
03/26/04
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

Ultimately unsatisfying then-and-now look at some late-'70s free spirits.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/12/03
Steve Hendrix
Steve Hendrix
Washington Post
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Any promise that Same River will make a grand statement about vanished ideals or changes in the culture are dashed quickly ... but it remains a likable portrait of how youth looks from the perspective of middle age.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
11/28/03
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

A piercingly poignant then-and-now portrait of five friends who worked as summer guides on the Colorado River in the 1970's.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
09/11/03
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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It's Moss' disinclination to judge that gives what might otherwise be a slight film its genuine poignancy.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
03/26/04
Karen Karbo
Karen Karbo
Oregonian

If you can get past the Big Chill setup, there is a fine piece of moviemaking here.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/12/03
Philip Kennicott
Philip Kennicott
Washington Post
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A duller film than its predecessor [Riverdogs].

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
03/27/04
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

A poignant meditation on life as a work-in-progress.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
02/06/04
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Poignant documentary.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/11/03
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The copious nudity of the '78 sequences is striking, but the body part gazed upon most by these people is the navel.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
04/09/04
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune
 
 
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