Oscar, no doubt.

Rating: 9/10 (14 November 2003)

This movie is beautifully photographed, extremely well acted and one you will be talking about for a long time. Everyone has been perfectly cast. I didn't think I was a big fan of Sean Penn, then I thought back to At Close Range, State of Grace, I Am Sam and now Mystic River...he truly is a master of the craft. Clint Eastwood has captured the blue collar east coast to a tee, down to the bottles of booze on the kitchen counter, the peeling paint on the stoop and the corner store. This has got to win many awards or the whole system is rigged.