Legendary treesome

Rating: 9/10 (2 November 2005)

I'll start with a brief explanation about the story. Three young boys, Sean, Jimmy and Dave, are playing the street and decide to carve their names in fresh cement.As they are doing this, a man pulls over and stats to argue with the kids. He makes Dave get in the car so he could "tell his mom". When the boys have grown up and have children of their own, a new horrible act happens.Jimmy's daughter, Katie, gets killed. Sean, who is now a police officer has to solve the murder. And Dave is now a suspect...
So that was the story, now about the actor performances. Sean Penn got an Oscar for his amazing performance. He plays the bittered father (Jimmy) perfectly. A father who would do anything to catch his daughter's killer. If the police don't catch him, Jimmy will make sure he catches him anyway. Tim Robbins also got an Oscar for best supporting actor. Robbins also plays an outstanding role as a confused man who constantly bears a burden on his shoulder.The burden was put their in his childhood, when he stepped into that car. Kevin Bacon is such a marvelous actor. They could've easily cut Sean Penn's Oscar in half and give the second piece to Kevin Bacon. To Sean (Kevin Bacon), Jimmy and Dave are just people now. He doesn't think of them as friends anymore. He will solve the case and he is very competent because he thinks further than his partner Whitey (Fishburne) All in all, I think these 3 actors form the strongest treesome ever seen in acting history.
I think Mystic River is Clint Eastwood's best film as a director. Unforgiven was good, Million Dollar Baby great but Mystic River is the greatest. Thank God for Clint Eastwood, Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn and Tim Robbins.