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Posted by: wyodebbie at August 19, 2005, 2:07 pm
Topic: Reviews: Mystic River Forum: JoBlo
Director Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" is highlighted by a good story and some very strong acting. Eastwood starts his story in working class Irish neighborhood of 1970s as three childhood boys are faced with one of them being sexually abused by child kidnappers. Then flicks jumps to the present in the same neighborhood as the now three adults are reunited by a murder. Tim Robbins does some excellent internal acting as the tramatized boy who now a psychologically damaged adult who is now faced with more emotional turmoil that brings him to brink of insanity. Sean Penn is also good as the hothead former convict now mimi-mart owner who has to deal with the death of his nineteen year old daughter and deals with it in a very unorthodox manner. Both Robbins and Penn were rewarded with best acting awards and I agree their acting was top-rate (but felt Penn should of won for 21 Grams), but my favorites of the film were actually Kevin Bacon and Laurence Fishburne as the state police detectives investigating the murders. Marcia Gay Harden good as Robbins wife who doesn't believe her husband killed a "mugger" and indirectly brought about her husband's death. My only complaint is the Laura Linney role as wife to Penn as she had very limited screentime and felt "my man" speech at end rang untrue . Don't feel it the masterpiece everyone hails, but still another elegant, classy film by Eastwood. Grade: 8/10 B+

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