#Watch mystic river film movie#

Running over two hours, the film takes its time with its telling, but never feels like its dragging, each moment is well-crafted, important, and advances the story in some way, whether a characterвЂ™s emotional journey or a devastating plot point, everything works.ДЄ number of EastwoodвЂ™s later films seem to have political messages, but this one seems like a straight forward tale (well, mostly), that plays to morality, and family than it does politics. And while you may not like all of the characters, there are motivations and moments that the viewer can relate to or dread finding themselves in.

The film doesnвЂ™t pull its punches and Eastwood makes sure you feel the emotional gut punch of the events that nearly destroy these people, and their families.Д®astwood tells a tale of vengeance, vigilantism, justice, and family, and each member of the cast brings the necessary amount of gravitas. One of them was assaulted, kidnapped and molested as a child and who may just have done something terrible, Dave (Robbins), one of them became a cop, Sean (Bacon) and one of them just learned his daughter has been murdered, former? criminal, Jimmy (Penn). With Boston as their backdrop, the story, based on Dennis LehaneвЂ™s novel puts viewers through the emotional wringer. The film follows three childhood friends, one of whom has a dark secret, when tragedy strikes one of them, and tears their world apart.

#Watch mystic river film movie#

The movie stars Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. The next film from DK CanadaвЂ™s The Movie Book as I tackle the What Else to Watch list following my screening of The Sweet Hereafter is this exemplary film from Clint Eastwood.