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 | | Streep is Gail, a river guide in her adolescence, now a 40-something teacher, wife, and mother. |
 | | The "wild'' river, in other words, is metaphorical as well as literal, and encompasses the pernicious fallout of "civilization'' as embodied by crafty schemer Wade and his lumpy-faced partner, Terry (John C. Reilly). |
 | | At first, Gail, like her son, enjoys the attention from Wade, and Tom gets jealous (he'll end up being right to distrust these shady characters, according to the formula, where father knows better and mother should be less rambunctious). |
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