haunted memory

Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2004)

This picture was not what I expected at all. It was much more. The more I got into it, the more I fell into it. I think it's going to stay with me a long time. In this film, at least for me, it brings back dark memories of childhood that haunt one. It's a very visceral film, almost Jungian in it's approach.
I'd recommend it to anyone mature enough to handle it. Another resounding success from Clint Eastwood and my congratulations to the actors and the whole crew, and of course, the writer Denis Lehane with such an in depth look into the shadows we all harbor. I see he has worked with abused children. This to is part of my job. The pain of it all comes through so clearly in this superb psycho drama which is so absorbing and repulsive at the same time. It left me stunned and very introspective in it's wake.