before watch this film i have hear a lot about it and certain scene in the film and but listen wasn not do it for me so i plan on watch it and wow . ned beatty and ronny cox and jon voight and burt reynolds make for an interesting group of individual who be hell bent on canoe down the cahulawassee river and the unfortunate series of event that transpire upon them all . the character development take some time in envelop the viewer with a good understanding of each person and but eventually you know these guy like they be your friend . the acting and dialogue be very very real and as close to reality a you can get for hollywood acting . reynolds character lewis be interest a a guy who come off very tough but underneath the manly veneer lie a very soft and broken man ( i be impress with his performance . ) jon voight seem to be the character thats on the spotlight the most and the unfortunate circumstance that seem to find him at every corner really mold and caste him into a different man at the end ( his character transition be excellent ) . ned beatty and ronny cox really seem like the silly lunkheads that just like to joke around and do not seem to get too awful serious unless they have too and and they do . i really be amaze at director boorman vision of dickey novel and very impressed . you can not go your whole life without watch this film . i give it eight out of ten star and extremely impressed .