i have read the short story by norman maclean and and the movie do justice to norman maclean writing . my husband tend to reread it occasionally and and i myself have read it over and scene of the movie keep come to mind . we have video of many of redford s movie and we have watch a river run through it many time . redford be part of the famdamily a he be always around . we never get tire of redford perception of norman maclean writing and and the beauty of montana . the script remind me very much of my own upbringing a my father have the same call a mr. maclean father . accord to a river run through it and methodist be baptist who can read and a line which by the way be not in the short story and but i think that be a funny line . my husband and i be well read baptist . i have hear a movie critic state that the pace of this movie be too slow . i disagree . a one search for inner peace and this be the type of movie that will make you contemplate the beauty of nature in three or four rhythm of the metronome . the photography be outstanding . the acting be great . i love the scene where norman and paul a boy talk and wonder whether one could be a fly fisher or a boxer . then a adult paul play by brad pitt ( se7ven ) be the perfect guy who need help with his alcoholism but will not accept it . the same applies to neal burn and who use worm a bait and he also need help but would not accept the fact that he need help . the scene where paul refuse to eat oatmeal and the entire family have to wait an eternity to say grace . finally after hour and they all kneel around the table to say represent grace . and they all leave . but the oatmeal stay on the plate . that scene where the two love bird and their tattoo on their posterior . that be funny . the sunburn . the drive back home where jessie burn ( emily lloyd ) decide to go via the train line . beautiful dialogue when norman propose to jessie because he want her to come to chicago with him . redford himself do a superb job a a narrator . i could not stop myself from compare brad to the young redford ( barefoot in the park ) . the nominated director and producer and actor and be a visionary who deserve to be praise for his advancement not only in the cinema in the u but around the world . i be glad to live in nineteen hundred because i have see the beginning of the black and white television and the movie and all the technology and special effect and to be able to watch video at home and to live in the same century a redford because i have have the chance to see his work . redford need no special effect to show u the beauty of montana in this masterpiece . the river to me mean that line that separate life from death and memory and reality . redford show the hand of the creator so magnificently and a river run through it .