Good Acting, but

Rating: 5/10 (17 December 2003)

As it is a dark mystery, with character studies, I was left unconvinced by the strange flaws in logic.
Also, I found the plot rather predictable... I guessed the outcome very early in the movie.
Yes, the acting is good. The atmosphere is good, it's well made, well shot and it is a good film.
But I left disappointed. I felt curiously uninvolved. I never really cared about any of the characters. I just don't get it, I guess. Having read many reviews lauding the film as one of the year's best, I look back over the films I've seen this year (a Good Year for film, by the way) and Mystic River would not make my top twenty.