Pretty good movie

Rating: 7/10 (14 May 2020)

Mystic River was a good movie but a bit slow at times. The acting was incredible as everyone did a good job. Sean Penn (Jimmy) and Tim Robbins (Dave) were the best in terms of acting but I enjoyed Kevin Bacon (Sean) and Laurence Fishburne (Whitey) the most in terms of characters.
The plot was interesting as it revolved around the death of Jimmy's daughter and the whole investigation to find out who did it. I'll admit I really thought it was Dave who did it due to the way he was behaving throughout the movie but I understand that was due to the trauma he endured when he was abducted years ago as a child.
I have mixed feelings towards Dave's death because he was messed up from the abduction and was never able to return to normal from it. I feel like it was a sad way for him to go out with never being able to fix himself and not to mention the fact that he didn't even do it. The scene was done very well though and they had a split screen of some sorts with another scene going on. One minute it would be Jimmy and his guys interrogating Dave by the river and the next minute it would be Sean and Whitey catching the kids who killed the daughter. They kept going back and forth every minute which made it very intense.
Overall, I'll give Mystic River a 7/10.