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When Meryl Streep appears to shoot down a river in the opening scene of the new movie "The River Wild," it's not really Streep pulling...
Producers of the film, which opened two weeks ago, used Radcliffe crew coach Elizabeth H. O'Leary as a stunt double for Streep...
...consultant to Meryl Streep," says Holly S. Hatton, the coach of the Radcliffe novice crew. "Liz acted as her double on the water and helped her with rowing and learning better technique...
...Streep who rivets our attention and holds the picture together. Under Supermom's omnicompetence, there lurks the spirit of the larky girl who indeed ran the Gauntlet when she was old enough to know better and young enough not to give a damn. You can see that spunky, heedless young woman in her affectionate banter with her kids, in the sexiness of her response to Wade's come-ons, in the exultation with which she confronts the river's perils. This is smart and subtle acting and a gift that is above and beyond this movie's routine call...
Cinema: The River Wild succeeds with Streep at the helm...