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Mystic River - Special 3-Disc Edition Customer Reviews (52 - 54 of 82 Reviews)
Good till the end
Wow, this movie started great and had me thinkin who did it form the beginning. There was a great cast, and some great acting by Tim Robbins, but.....
WTF was up with the last 10 minutes??? It was like clicking the channel button on the remote....
Right when Sean Penn's character starts to develop, and to learn something from his pathetic life....they throw the last scene in with his women telling him he's king....
sorry, but that scene and everything after it was completely lame, and should have been cut from the movie all together.
It disturbed me so much that I have to give it a 2, since I will never "by choice" see this movie again. It's too bad because up until then it was a good movie.
Wonderfully done
The fact that this movie evokes such strong reactions illustrates its success. This movie is not made to entertain, but instead makes us think by challenging our values and ideals. It is not the typical hoopla Hollywood usually turns out; it is a pleasant surprise about a few subjects that are not-so-pleasant. It is the kind of movie that you can't say you liked without explaining why, as it is a dark movie without a neatly tied up ending.
This movie examines stereotypes and subtly questions the bonds that tie us and the values we live by. As the credits roll, you will realize this film has no happy ending or a resolution and all you are left with are questions and outrage and an epiphany that this movie has a lot more to say than the dramas we're used to seeing.
In addition to a deep, meaningful, complex, emotionally touching, and interesting story, this movie also has incredible writing, directing, and acting.
I highly recommend this movie.
still not done loathing
Here's another run at the badness of this movie. Warning, will blow whole plot. This review is intended for people who have seen this trash and are trying desperately to reassure themselves that they are not alone in hating it.
Tim Robbin's character, Dave Boyle, was raped by men as a child. Since then he has lived his life as best he can, apparently. He is a devoted husband and father. On the night that Sean Penn's character's daughter is murdered, Boyle has the bad luck to murder a pedophile right at the same time and to behave cagily accordingly. Thereupon he is mistaken by lots of people for Penn's daughter's murderer and is eventually executed by Penn. When it becomes known that he is not the killer, that he did in fact kill a pedophile who was in the process of sexing-up a young boy, the general consensus is, "Ahh, well, its for the best anyway" the idea being that since he was raped as a child he's pretty much better off dead. As one character puts it, "Looks like damaged goods to me." And as Sean Penn's character figuratively says, "The last time I saw Dave Boyle? It was (before he was molested as a child)." So, do you see why I loathe this flick on a variety of levels? Do you? It is not enough for the flick to contain bad acting, bad writing, bad directing, bad continuity... the picture also is morally vile: it is a message movie, the basic message of which is, "If you were molested as a child, do everyone a favor and put a bullet in your head. You're finished. Gee, that's real inspiring.
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