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Mystic River (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 187 Fresh: 163  Rotten:24 Average Rating: 7.8/10
 
Consensus: A thriller of great emotional power.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins

Theatrical Release: Oct 15, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $90,050,414

Synopsis: In Clint Eastwood's MYSTIC RIVER, a murder mystery in South Boston unites three men who have been friends since childhood. Grippingly powerful performances from the entire cast--Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, and Laura Linney--combined with... In Clint Eastwood's MYSTIC RIVER, a murder mystery in South Boston unites three men who have been friends since childhood. Grippingly powerful performances from the entire cast--Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, and Laura Linney--combined with gritty photography, an exceptionally emotional script, and a convincing working-class Boston setting make this film one of Eastwood's most consistent and penetrating works. Though they live in the same houses where they grew up, Jimmy (Penn), Dave (Robbins), and Sean (Bacon) have drifted apart over time. Their distance is due to a disturbing and violent episode that occurred when they were children. Even now, as adults married with kids, they have never managed to overcome their fear and guilt about what happened. Dave and his wife (Harden) still live next door to Jimmy, who is married to a tough-sexy blond (Linney) and has three daughters. When Jimmy's 19-year-old girl is murdered, he turns to Sean, who works as a policeman, and delivers an ultimatum: find the killer fast or I'll go after him myself. Little do they know, the culprit is the last person they'd ever suspect. This movie screened in October 2003 as part of the 41st New York Film Festival organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurence Fishburne

Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Brian Helgeland
Producer: Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, Clint Eastwood
Composer: Lennie Niehaus

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 8, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Widescreen - 2.40

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French

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5/5

The performances are uniformly superb.

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08/25/08
Rob Gonsalves
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11/01/07
David Ansen
Newsweek
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Claudia Puig
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Good, occasionally powerful noir that's been overhyped.

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08/05/07
Christopher Smith
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Joe Lozito
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12/30/06
Empire Magazine
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3/4

With characters that don't belong in the film and resolutions that seem mere fantasy, Mystic River never surpasses adequacy.

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08/08/06
Wesley Lovell
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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3.5/4

Eastwood nos sumerge en el ambiente de su historia con lentitud, sin vestigio de apuro, utilizando la contemplación.

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Flavio J. Arosemena
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12/06/05
Film Threat
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This is one of the finer dramas to come down the pike in some time.

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06/21/05
Bill Clark
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05/13/05
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03/05/05
Ethan Alter
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... frustratingly humorless, harsh, and hollow, lacking the cohesiveness, color and convincing characterization of Eastwood's masterpiece Unforgiven.

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01/15/05
Jeffrey Overstreet
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Penn and Robbins, especially, are absolutely riveting in this haunting tale of lives lost.

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10/16/04
Steve Crum
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10/07/04
Tony Medley
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Methodical, riveting and emotionally charged.

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08/13/04
Mark Sells
Oregon Herald
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08/07/04
Peter Rainer
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A fine movie but not the masterpiece you've heard.

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06/24/04
Mark Robison
Reno Gazette-Journal
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Eastwood's best since Unforgiven.

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06/22/04
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
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