Mystic River
Directed by Clint Eastwood
The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.
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- ርልዪረFebruary 11, 2025Master action star and director of definitive noir Clint Eastwood(Dirty Harry,The Mule,Rango's Spirit of the West metachar.) bagged the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Director of the Year 2004,National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director 2004,Blue Ribbon Award for Best Foreign Film 2005,National Board of Review Award for Best Film2003 for this film and more. Adapted from Dennis Lehane's award-winning 2002 novel of the same title. The story's beginning with 3 friends as kids that eventually lead to some horrific circumstances as the they turned into adults will leave you in awe. A bit like 'Sleepers' but entirely dissimilar circumstances. A powerhouse cast from Marcia Gay Harden(The Mist 2007, Meet Joe Black), Laura Linney(Primal Fear, Congo), Emmy Rosum(The Phantom of the Opera), Laurence 'Morpheus' Fishburne(Assault on Precinct13, Apocalypse Now), to Tim Robbins crazed vampiric performance which got him an award. Not to mention Sean Penn as Jimmy Markum-An act so gripping --you're teary-eyed one second, then sympathetically angry the next. The mystique not only surrounds the previous star's characters but w/ the rest of the cast as well of whom further intensified the drama.--The somewhat funny but grim Savage bros. and aloof Brendan Harris' to name some. The 7-mile-long Massachusetts river along Boston's mouth in New England which earned its name from the Pequot tribe called Missi-tuk(large river) was adopted by the colonists to Mystic, is the best setting for 'Dirty Harry' for its gritty feel - Suited perfectly for the novel's world. The plot's so objectively believable -You'll say to yourself : "This really coulda' happened.."
- NotoriousEdgeSeptember 20, 2025An all star cast, Clint Eastwood directing with a murder mystery who done it. This film had all the ingredients to be a great movie, but it just isn’t. A plot that meanders around for 2/3rds of the movie. Dialogue that leaves a lot to be desired and actors repeatedly falling in and out of a Boston accent. Just does not deliver on really anything it should.
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Mystic River was released on October 15, 2003.
Mystic River was directed by Clint Eastwood.
Mystic River has a runtime of 2h 18m.
Mystic River was produced by Robert Lorenz, Clint Eastwood, Judie Hoyt.
The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.
The key characters in Mystic River are Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn), Dave Boyle (Tim Robbins), Sean Devine (Kevin Bacon).
Mystic River is rated R.
Mystic River is a Thriller, Crime, Drama film.
Mystic River has an audience rating of 8.9 out of 10.
Mystic River had a budget of $25M.
Mystic River has made $156.8M at the box office.