With its lyrical approach to a deliberate pace, the movie develops a hypnotic effect even when deceptively little happens.

Matt Sobel transforms a nightmare he once had into an evocative, original drama.

Is it me, or is the big climactic reveal not really worth all the hubbub?

If Take Me to the River, which follows an appearance in last year's The Stanford Prison Experiment, represents part of [Logan] Miller's attempt to shed his teen idol image, it's a good start.