The River Rat

1984 "After thirteen years in prison, Billy McCain thought he'd met up with everything, until he met up with his own daughter Jonsy."
6.3| 1h34m| PG| en
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On the lazy banks of the Mississippi, a young girl is reunited with her time-served but innocent father. But the reunion is tainted with the whereabouts of the stolen loot, and those who come looking for it...

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Acensbart Excellent but underrated film
Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.
Bob_Zerunkel Three people intentionally rob a house. A murder occurs during the robbery. Tons of money is stolen. One of the three later dies, and the other two deny responsibility.One of the remaining two decides to dig up the stolen money, all the while denying any responsibility. Even after confessing to his daughter, he continues to deny. Luckily, his daughter is also psycho, and she joins in with the denial.For no apparent reason, the underage actors get nekkid in various scenes.Along the way, the innocent murderer encounters people who are much worse than he is. You know they are worse then him because they also want the money that he got from his robbery/murder.Eventually, the innocent murderer becomes a grave robber because way back when he didn't do anything wrong, he hid the money in a casket.Overall, a heartwarming story of innocent people who aren't responsible for the murders, death, robberies and other crimes that they committed.
harrytrue The movie could have done without the search for money, and continued dealing with the development of the father and daughter, but even so, it is a good movie.The father has been released from prison. He has never seen his daughter. She has been raised by her grandmother. He has to slowly get used to being out of prison, and being a father.This is dating myself a bit, but Tommy Lee Jones' reaction to his daughter saying she isn't a "lezzie", and her talking about (not support) of incest, shows him to be a person ready to join the Moral Majority. On the other hand, when don't parents worry about the next generation, and what they're learning in school? And this was before we had the internet.Sadly, the lovely world depicted in the movie has been given a setback by the recent hurricane. People will bounce back. It's nice others are helping them.
DreXor Since this movie listing seems to be missing a plot / synopsis of the movie i'm commenting one : An entertaining tale of a father (Tommy Lee Jones) and daughter (Martha Plimpton) who run a bait/fishing shop on a river. They build a fishing boat together and is christened "The River Rat". The father is meanwhile harassed by his parole officer for information due to the father being the only survivor of a childhood crime involving a large sum of lost money. The father served time but the money was never recovered. After some history and character building has taken place, the movie transforms into a coming of age story combined with a competitive treasure hunt.
nigelsmum-1 Tender story about a father and daughter. I wish TLJ would go back to making these quiet little movies instead of barking his way through mainstream action flix. Martha Plimpton is wonderful; it's too bad she doesn't do anything anymore.