The Bend in the River

The Bend in the River sneaks up on you. It’s all so modest and slight until it’s something far more poignant. That well-placed juxtaposition of young, free twenty-somethings against stressed-out forty-somethings against resigned, regretful-yet-resilient seventy-somethings hits like a sledgehammer.

The Bend in the River is admirable for its dedication to truth but nearly unbearable as an experience. It is a film that lingers, but one most viewers will never want to revisit.