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Much better than I thought it would be...
As a big Clint fan, I've grown disappointed by his work over the last 20 or so years. His direction is often slow, and the material he's chosen has been subpar. 'Mystic River', however, was great. Fascinating characters, great atmosphere, interesting story, good subtext, and great direction. The movie moves along nicely, but not too fast for its own good. It's good to see Clint getting it together after so many recent 2 and 1/2 star movies.

I want my three hours of life back please
When one thinks of how bad a movie can possibly get, there is atleast some redeeming vaule of getting a kick out of how bad it was.I know there will be people are gonna hate this review but i don't care. After i came out of the theater of this movie i almost wanted to ask for my money back because i felt i paid 8 bucks for essentialy a three-hour nap with the bad after effect of waking up with a headache. There is just nothing going on in this movie at all,even with the star power of Sean Penn and Clint Eastwood as director and a bunch of other hollywood elite, this movie falls flat on it's face.The first 20 minutes and the basic plot was actually well done, this movie could of been good but failed horribly. What you have is one of the most confusing,lifless, and generally pointless stories ever told with an ending that just makes you say WTF? turns out the daughter was murdered by bunch of punk wiggers out on the street.Characters you know nothing about untill the end of the movie and could really care less for.
After developing the characters to the point where you think the murderer could be narrowed down to a few characters, and trying analize why they might or might not have done this,it turns out her murder was merly coincidence. They must of got lazy at the end of writting the script because that was one of the worst endings i'v ever seen. not recommended at all.

Shakespearean Magnitude
Bought this DVD and watched it over 3 nights, running whole sections over twice. The depth to which this film plumbed my psyche is unbelievable. It got to me so bad that three nights' worth of dreams came up closet dark.

The story is intricate, the editing deft, Clint Eastwood is a genius, and you couldn't ask more of the actors. Each and every one of them is great, and as an ensemble they are mind blowing. While the men were ON right from the beginning, the women stole the end. Laura Linney's final monologue and Marcia Gay Harden's mute desperation on the sidelines of the parade were of Shakespearean magnitude. So many issues are on the plate: sexual manipulation, sexual molestation, murder, insanity, authority and power. Parts of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth intertwine in a lower middle income Roman Catholic neighborhood of Boston.

Buy it and explore your nightmares.

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