Depressing Junk

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2003)

"Mystic River" has the foundations for both a tragedy and a mystery, but instead the film is directed like a comedy. The only fun in this plodding production is trying to figure out who gives the worst performance. It's an inert mess that clocks in at 137 minutes but feels like 137 hours. This is just pure and depressing junk and I don't see why some critics are raving about it. I think it's just Eastwood worship and nothing more.