EW's GRADE
A-

Details Release Date: Oct 29, 2002; Movie Rated: R; Genre: Documentary; With: Tobias Schneebaum; Distributor: IFC Films

Sitting atop Machu Picchu nearly half a century after he disappeared into the Amazonian forest of Peru and befriended a cannibalistic tribe, Tobias Schneebaum bites into a passion fruit with obvious delight. The moment would be wink-wink ironic if ''River'' stopped at sensational rehash (omigod, this guy ate people!). Rather, the film, which follows the anthropologist as he revisits the tribe, winds up being a meditation on the ageless search for what Schneebaum can ultimately only call ''inner peace.''

Originally posted Oct 18, 2002 Published in issue #678 Oct 18, 2002 Order article reprints

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