This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Despite my love for the cast and director, I've been purposefully avoiding this film. I had a vague idea of the plot and thought it might hit close to the bone. I was right.
Dark River is one of the most deeply unsettling and raw explorations of child abuse and its impact on a rural family that I've seen. It does an incredible job of portraying the link between the horrible and complicated ways in which people both covet and…