Dirty Harry the Director

Rating: 6/10 (20 November 2003)

I thought Mystic River was just OK. I'm fine with the message and the metaphors to inspire thinking, but when the movie is over-exaggerated and relies on shock and violence to carry it's point, it seems like a simple vehicle rather than art. Clint Eastwood directs like Dirty Harry; he crashes his car through the front window of your house, when a subtle peek through the curtains would have been more powerful.