Mystic River (DVD) Reviews

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 ...

Introduction I read the book on which this film was based about a year ago. By Dennis Lehane, I thoroughly enjoyed the story - it was one of those can't get to sleep until I've finished sort of books. When I realised there was a film version, I wasn't particularly interested in seeing it, until I read the reviews, which were very ...

“True Crime”. “Space Cowboys”. “Blood Work”. Films by a pensioner director that feel like it. Clint Eastwood is finished, more suited to being idling behind a Zimmerframe than behind a camera. Or so I thought. But cast your mind back to the dim, distant ‘80s, when the man who gifted the world with “The Outlaw Josey Wales” ran a ...

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 ...

Mystic River is a suspense thriller/drama which follows the investigation of the murder of a teenage girl. Her father (Sean Penn), the detective (Kevin Bacon) and one of the main suspects (Tim Robbins) all live in the neighbourhood who's banks rest on the Mystic River. They have lived there all their lives and were good friends as children until a ...

Clint Eastwood has made some pretty good films, as a director ? from as far back as ?High Plains Drifter? in the 70s, and most especially ?The Unforgiven?. ?Mystic River? is the best film he?s made since ?The Bridges of Madison County?, and that was 8 years ago, so perhaps it?s about time. ...