Clint's best

Rating: 8/10 (28 December 2003)

Better even than Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood's mystic river is his best effort at directing so far, much helped along by an outstanding cast with performances that ranged from good [Penn, bacon] to outstanding [Robbins].
The late of the murder of Penn's daughter is much deeper than first impressions suggest, with the trauma of Robbins as a schoolboy intertwined into the tale.
A must see.