Mystic River

4.33
    Mystic River
    2003

    Synopsis

    The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

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    Cast

    • Sean PennJimmy Markum
    • Tim RobbinsDave Boyle
    • Kevin BaconSean Devine
    • Laurence FishburneSergeant Whitey Powers
    • Marcia Gay HardenCeleste Boyle
    • Laura LinneyAnnabeth Markum
    • Kevin ChapmanVal Savage
    • Tom GuiryBrendan Harris
    • Emmy RossumKatie Markum
    • Spencer Treat ClarkSilent Ray Harris

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Entertainment Weekly

      Eastwood directs Mystic River with an invigorated grace and gravitas. This is a true American beauty of a movie, a tale of men and their bonds told by and for adults who value the old-fashioned Hollywood-studio notion of narrative.
    • 100

      The New York Times

      Mystic River is the rare American movie that aspires to -- and achieves -- the full weight and darkness of tragedy.
    • 100

      Rolling Stone

      Clint Eastwood pours everything he knows about directing into Mystic River. His film sneaks up, messes with your head and then floors you. You can't shake it. It's that haunting, that hypnotic.
    • 90

      Variety

      This full-bodied adaptation of Dennis Lehane's involved and involving 2001 bestselling crime novel about old friends in Boston's working-class Irish neighborhood finds Clint Eastwood near the top of his directorial game with a cast of first-rate actors.
    • 88

      New York Daily News

      The white-knuckle center of the movie is Sean Penn, who gives an utterly raw performance as Jimmy, father of the dead girl. It's one of the few times that a parent's grief has felt real on the screen through all its ugly permutations.
    • 88

      USA Today

      River ranks with the best movies Eastwood has directed: "The Outlaw Josey Wales," "Unforgiven" and "The Bridges of Madison County." But this time, the work is strong without his own on-screen presence -- a significant achievement.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      This is a powerful tale of crime, guilt, and punishment -- a drama that incorporates elements of whodunit mystery/thrillers and police procedurals with a richly textured three-character play.
    • 75

      New York Post

      One of those rare recent films whose emotional power resonates long after you've left the theater.

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