Mystic River (2003)

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Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rating: R
Release Date: Oct 8, 2003
Running Time: 137 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle and Sean Devine spent their days playing stickball on the street, the way most boys did in their blue-collar neighborhood of East Buckingham. Nothing much out of the ordinary ever happened, until a moment's decision drastically altered the course of each of their lives forever. Twenty-five years later, the three find themselves thrust back together by another tragic event--the murder of Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter. Now a cop, Sean is assigned to the case and he and his partner are charged with unraveling the seemingly senseless crime. In the wake of the sudden and terrible loss of his child, Jimmy's mind becomes consumed with revenge--and his own plans to find the killer. Caught up in the maelstrom is Dave, now a lost and broken man fighting to keep his demons at bay. As the investigation creeps closer to home, his wife Celeste becomes consumed by suspicion and fear, while Jimmy's wife, Annabeth, draws her family tighter together in order to weather the storm.
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Jimmy Markum
Sean Devine
Whitey Powers
Dave Boyle
Celeste Boyle
Annabeth Markum
Katie Markum
Val Savage
Brendan Harris
Silent Ray Harris
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rating September 25, 2003
Clint Eastwood pours everything he knows about directing into Mystic River. His film sneaks up, messes with your head and then floors you. You can't shake it. It's that haunting, that hypnotic. Eastwood doesn't show his face in Mystic River, but the hard squint we know from Dirty Harry to Unforgiven, permeates every frame. The plot sounds like an ordinary police procedural: A girl is murdered, the cops investigate, a manhunt ensues. But there is nothing ordinary about the way Dennis Lehane… Continued
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Three childhood friends who share a tragic event from the past cross paths again after 25 years when one of the men's daughter is found brutally murdered.

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Based on the best-selling novel by Dennis Lehane, Mystic River is full of characters wrought with heavy emotions--and burdens. Yet, it is also a fairly simplistic murder mystery. Three 13-year old boys, Jimmy, Sean and Dave, are playing on a street in a tough Boston neighborhood when two pedophiles pretending to be cops grab Dave and… Continued

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rating  PETER TRAVERS - June 16, 2004
Multiple DVD viewings of a film you admire can be tricky; imperfections show up more glaringly. But this superb transfer of Mystic River only adds to the film's power and intimacy. Dennis Lehane's 2001 novel about how sexual abuse and murder destroy the lives of three friends who grew up together in working-class Boston found the ideal interpreter in director Clint Eastwood, who did his finest work since Unforgiven. Sean Penn and Tim Robbins both won Oscars for their career-best acting. Watching… Continued