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Anchored by the exceptional acting of its strong cast, Mystic River is a somber drama that unfolds in layers and conveys the tragedy of its story with visceral power.
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Eastwood and his actors create a brooding drama whose events and interrelationships seem surreally improbable yet painfully authentic. November 12, 2018 | Full Review…
Eastwood and his actors create a brooding drama whose events and interrelationships seem surreally improbable yet painfully authentic.
David Germain
It is a film of magisterial, slow-burning power, one of the finest examples of recent American cinematic storytelling and certainly Eastwood's most mature film. January 11, 2018 | Full Review…
It is a film of magisterial, slow-burning power, one of the finest examples of recent American cinematic storytelling and certainly Eastwood's most mature film.
Neil Norman
Violence and revenge have been a staple of Eastwood's work from the beginning, but here he explores his subject from a new, more ambiguous angle, with no regard for macho titillation. July 7, 2010 | Full Review…
Violence and revenge have been a staple of Eastwood's work from the beginning, but here he explores his subject from a new, more ambiguous angle, with no regard for macho titillation.
David Ansen
It is in many ways Eastwood's tightest movie for some time, and certainly his darkest since Unforgiven; indeed, the ending offers as corrosive an assessment of the limits of American justice as anything in his career. June 24, 2006 | Full Review…
It is in many ways Eastwood's tightest movie for some time, and certainly his darkest since Unforgiven; indeed, the ending offers as corrosive an assessment of the limits of American justice as anything in his career.
Geoff Andrew
Sean Penn is so frighteningly good in this movie that he outdoes even the best of his earlier work. August 7, 2004
Sean Penn is so frighteningly good in this movie that he outdoes even the best of his earlier work.
Peter Rainer
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. January 15, 2004 | Full Review…
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.
Philip French
Mystic River features a moving screenplay, solid direction and a superb cast highlighted by Sean Penn's Oscar-worthy performance. November 15, 2019 | Full Review…
Mystic River features a moving screenplay, solid direction and a superb cast highlighted by Sean Penn's Oscar-worthy performance.
Micheal Compton
While Mystic River is at its basest a crime thriller, it is so much more than that. November 13, 2019 | Full Review…
While Mystic River is at its basest a crime thriller, it is so much more than that.
Debbie Lynn Elias
Clint Eastwood has infused the picture with a typically deliberate and methodical feel that certainly complements Brian Helgeland's somewhat drawn-out screenplay... March 3, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Clint Eastwood has infused the picture with a typically deliberate and methodical feel that certainly complements Brian Helgeland's somewhat drawn-out screenplay...
David Nusair
One of its best qualities is that it's dark but not depressing. February 3, 2018 | Full Review…
One of its best qualities is that it's dark but not depressing.
Mark Steyn
Eastwood tells the story simply, barely moving the camera. The only special effect in this film is genius. January 5, 2018 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Eastwood tells the story simply, barely moving the camera. The only special effect in this film is genius.
Joel Siegel
There is nothing romantic about the law of the streets, and its unforgiving nature has a finality that can't be undone. Eastwood has an understanding of what it takes to live with yourself, not so much a sympathy as an appreciation. April 15, 2016 | Full Review…
There is nothing romantic about the law of the streets, and its unforgiving nature has a finality that can't be undone. Eastwood has an understanding of what it takes to live with yourself, not so much a sympathy as an appreciation.
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