River Phoenix's last unfinished film gets a release with the director narrating unfilmed scenes which throws it off a little. Sadly this is not a fitting tribute to the superb actor taken too early in '93 whilst this was still being made. It looks like a TV movie and the characters are all pretty annoying, River looks like Jude Law in A.I. (2001) and because of his strange behaviour acts a bit like him too. It all feels disjointed but not purely due to being incomplete.
Better Than This: Running On Empty (1988) Brilliant story of a family on the run, one of Phoenix's best, Stand by Me (1986) The best coming of age movie, ever, My Own Private Idaho (1991) River's most adult role, he makes the film.
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