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Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 2003 / Director: Clint Eastwood / Actors: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins ... / DVD released ... more
Mystic River (DVD) ... 01 June, 2006 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / Superior acting, writing and direction are on impressive display in the Oscar-winning Mystic River, Clint Eastwood's 24th directorial outing and one of the finest films of 2003. Sharply adapted by LA Confidential Oscar-winner Brian Helgeland from the novel by Dennis Lehane, this chilling mystery revolves around three boyhood friends in working-class Boston--played as adults by Tim Robbins, Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon. They're drawn together by a crime from the past and a murder (of the Penn character's 19-year-old daughter) in the present. These dual tragedies arouse a vicious cycle of suspicion, guilt and repressed anxieties, primed to explode with devastating and unpredictable results. Eastwood is perfectly in tune with this brooding material, giving his flawless cast (including Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden and Laurence Fishburne) ample opportunity to plumb the depths of a resonant human tragedy, leading to an ambiguous ending that qualifies Mystic River for contemporary classic status. --Jeff Shannon

Newest Review: ... won too (Sean Penn won Best Actor and Tim Robbins won Best Supporting Actor). The film opens during the Summer of 1975, with ... more

 ... a young Dave Boyle and two of his buddies, Jimmy and Sean playing on their Boston street, when Dave is abducted and abused over a period of some days. However, Dave manages to escape, although is haunted by it well into his adult life. In the present day, Dave (Tim Robbins) becomes the chief suspect when Jimmy's (Sean Penn) daughter, Katie (Emmy Rossum), is murdered. Sean (Kevin Bacon), the officer investigating the murder, is torn between doing what is right and maintaining the bonds that withstood during his child...more

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Crowned Review Mystic River (DVD): Drowning in Mystic Misery (946 words)
by - written on 27/10/08 (Very useful, 104 readings)
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Mystic River is one of those awkward films that it's difficult to talk about without either appearing vague or giving away too much of the plot. At heart, it's s story about a group of troubled childhood friends who grow up into troubled adults and whose paths cross once more when the daughter of one of them is murdered. But that's a bit like saying The Bible is a story about someone who was quite nice. Based on a novel by Dennis Lehane, Mystic River is a deep, complex, multi-layered story. It's a modern masterpiece of storytelling with plenty of twists and turns in a labyrinthine plot which often leaves you wondering how it's all going to end up, without ever ...  Read the complete review

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Crowned Review The Retribution Solution (1121 words)
by - written on 12/12/06 (Very useful, 130 readings)
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Whilst three young friends are playing on the sidewalk one afternoon, they spot some newly laid cement and decide to carve their names into it. Just as the third boy (Dave) is adding his name to the trophy, a car pulls up alongside them and a man who appears to be a policeman steps out and calls over to them. Apparently angry at their vandalism of municipal property, he asks each of them where they live and when Dave advises that he lives on a different street, he tells the boy to get in the car so that they can all go and speak to his mother about what he has done. Initially reluctant to do so, the frightened boy eventually gives in, but as the car drives away and he ...  Read the complete review

marandina
Crowned Review Mystic River (DVD): My Best Movie of 2003 (1309 words)
by - written on 26/10/04 (Very useful, 204 readings)
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Just now and again during the annual jamboree of movie mayhem, a little gem finds its way into the melee; a gem that needs to be cared for and revered. During 2003 that movie was Mystic River. Director: Clint Eastwood Screenplay: Brian Helgeland Cert: 15 Run time: 137 mins Main Cast: Sean Penn - Jimmy Markum Tim Robbins - Dave Boyle Kevin Bacon - Sean Devine Laurence Fishburne - Sgt. Whitey Powers Marcia Gay Harden - Celeste Boyle Laura Linney - Annabeth Markum Kevin Chapman - Val Savage Tom Guiry - Brendan Harris Emmy Rossum - Katie Markum Adapted from Dennis Lehane’s novel, ...  Read the complete review

shaneo632
Premium Review One of the best films of the 00s... (292 words)
by - written on 08/12/09 (Very useful, 2 readings)
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note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Dennis Lehane is one of the best living crime writers, having written superb novels such as Gone Baby Gone and Shutter Island. He also wrote the acclaimed thriller Mystic River, which then became a film, stunningly directed by Clint Eastwood and recieving numerous Oscar nominations, of which is won too (Sean Penn won Best Actor and Tim Robbins won Best Supporting Actor). The film opens during the Summer of 1975, with a young Dave Boyle and two of his buddies, Jimmy and Sean playing on their Boston street, when Dave is abducted and abused over a period of some days. However, Dave manages to ...  Read the complete review

lisajo
Premium Review Mystic River (DVD): SHOOT FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER (426 words)
by - written on 19/07/09 (Very useful, 18 readings)
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**PLOT** During the summer of 1975 three friends, Dave, Jimmy and Sean are playing out in the streets on a sidewalk which has been recently .concreted, but not yet dry. Being the kids that they are they write their names in the wet concrete. The 'cops' pull up and reprimand the boys and tell Dave (Tim Robbins) to get in the car. When he does it quickly becomes evident that they are not 'cops' at all, but predatory paedophiles, and Dave is subjected to days of abuse at their hands. After the tragedy the boys grow apart but remain living in the same area. The film focuses around the murder of Jimmy's (Sean Penn) teenage daughter, Katie, ...  Read the complete review

 
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