Thursday, February 1, 2018

Mystic River (2003)


Academy Awards, USA 2004

Won
Oscar
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tim Robbins
Nominated
Oscar
Best Picture
Robert Lorenz
Judie Hoyt
Clint Eastwood
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Marcia Gay Harden
Best Director
Clint Eastwood
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Brian Helgeland

Warner Bros.
Directed by Clint Eastwood
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Warner Bros.)

Three childhood friends in Boston living in the same neighborhood as adults find their lives intersecting after  the daughter of one of them is murdered. One friend, now a detective for the state police, suspects the third, who is dealing with a traumatic event in their childhood. As the police detectives slowly zero-in on a suspect, the father of the murdered girl takes matters into his own hands. The trio of lead actors, Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon and Tim Robbins, have a field day with the material, but it is Penn who has the most emotional impact as the grieving father turned vigilante.

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