[R]uns deep with sadness...
Mystic River (2003)
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Reviews Counted:191
Fresh:167
Rotten:24
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: A thriller of great emotional power.
Theatrical Release:Oct 15, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $90,050,414
Synopsis: When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy Markum (SEAN PENN), Dave Boyle (TIM ROBBINS) and Sean Devine (KEVIN BACON) spent their days playing stickball on the... When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy Markum (SEAN PENN), Dave Boyle (TIM ROBBINS) and Sean Devine (KEVIN BACON) spent their days playing stickball on the street, the way most boys did in their blue-collar neighborhood of East Buckingham. Nothing much ever happened in their neighborhood. That is, until Dave was forced to take the ride that would change all of their lives forever. Twenty-five years later, the three find themselves thrust back together by another life altering event - the murder of Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter. Now a cop, Sean is assigned to the case and he and his partner (LAURENCE FISHBURNE) are charged with unraveling the seemingly senseless crime. They must also stay one step ahead of Jimmy, a man driven by an all consuming rage to find his daughter's killer. Connected to the crime by a series of circumstances, Dave is forced to confront the demons of his own past. Demons that threaten to destroy his marriage and any hope he may have for a future. As the investigation tightens around these three friends, an ominous story unfolds that revolves around friendship, family and innocence lost too soon. [More]
Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden
Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurence Fishburne, Laura Linney
Director: Clint Eastwood
Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Brian Helgeland
Producer: Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, Clint Eastwood
Composer: Lennie Niehaus
Studio: Warner Bros.
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Reviews for Mystic River
It's not the masterpiece people have been claiming, but Eastwood does set up a gripping moody atmosphere and get some fine performances out of his actors.
A tale of tragic misinterpretation, Mystic River requires deep focus into the multiple tortured souls to fully be harnessed.
Eastwood encourages Penn to overact, and Penn Method-ically responds with the enthusiasm of the amateur talents in Waiting for Guffman.
This is the kind of film that slowly gets under your skin, drawing you more intimately into the sad existence of the characters.
Less a taut whodunit than a dreary who-cares-it, Mystic River is muddy-swamp-slow and about as appealing to look at
While it may not be the masterpiece that some claim, it does have the heft and texture of a major work.
The unfashionably slow editing style and the concentration on close-ups and two-shots allow Eastwood to scrutinise his characters as they are forced to dig into themselves.
Let’s make it simple. Mystic River is the great Hollywood studio film released this year.
A grande tragédia do filme é que nenhuma daquelas pessoas é fundamentalmente má; elas apenas tomam decisões erradas que geram uma série de mudanças tristes em suas vidas.
Robbins and Penn in particular give simply fantastic performances that defy description - it is the kind of work you have to just sit back and feel.
Fiction doesn’t survive on believability alone. The unilluminating Mystic River offers depression without insight; drama without purpose.
Works as a straight-up detective story, and the acting is often breathtaking.
It's a film worth queuing for - and you haven't been able to say that about anything with Clint's name on it in quite a while.
Mystic River draws its power from the shadow murder throws over everyday life.
When a murder mystery stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon you're gonna have a hard time picking the killer. Eastwood directs without a trace of showiness.
A superbly dense and dark thriller with psychological undertones, Mystic River is highly complex and tantalising.
Mystic River returns Eastwood to the general excellence of the Oscar-winning Unforgiven while retaining the square-jawed plainspokenness that is his trademark.
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