The River of Clichés The latest police procedural, The Girl in the River , has been splashed across screens, but it's a crime – against originality and good taste.
Director Brando Benetton's debut effort reads like a failed TV pilot from the 90s, replete with familiar tropes and predictable plot twists.
On paper, the setup sounds intriguing: a troubled veteran cop partners with a rookie colleague to investigate the murder of a teenage girl whose twin sister is missing.