Where was this movie going?

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2003)

An amazingly overhyped film. Eastwood's style is obvious, and his directing brings back to mind the wonderful job he did on Unforgiven, but the film lacked a true direction for its characters and story. Admittedly Mystic River does have some interesting humanistic views, but altogether they make a mess of nonsense. Along with Eastwood's style, the only other thing saving this movie is Robbins' acting. The script is shoddy and awkward, and Sean Penn severely overacts his role. Overall, an interesting film at the start, but in the end a disappointment.