Childhood friends Jimmy Markum Sean Devine and Dave Boyle reunite following the death of Jimmys oldest daughter Katie. Seans a police detective on the case gathering difficult and disturbing evidence hes also tasked with handling Jimmys rage and need for retribution.
Review
Eastwoods big Oscar hit after "Unforgiven" that other masterpiece directed by Dirty Harry himself. "Mystic River" is based on the bestselling novel by Dennis Lehane and it has an incredible cast. The main leads are for Sean Penn Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon. Furthermore we have Laurence "Morpheus" Fishburne Laura Linney and Marcia Gay Harden. The movie itself is very dark and sober without much music. The story is brilliantly written and the acting is without any doubt superb.
Im glad Sean Penn finally won an Academy Award hes a brilliant actor and he certainly deserves the recognition. Tim Robbins was good as well but I think Benicio del Toro should have won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance in "21 Grams" was much more superior to Robbins performance in "Mystic River". Anyway thats just what I think. Kevin Bacon was excellent as well and he is one of the most underrated actors of his generation. Marcia Gay Harden and Laura Linney were good as usual.
Although I very much enjoyed this movie it didnt exactly turned out to be the masterpiece I was expecting. But thats maybe because this was only the first time I watched it. Anyway Im still looking forward to see Eastwoods masterpiece of this year "Million Dollar Baby". But this movie is absolutely worth seeing as well.
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