Mediocre movie or maybe a little bit better than mediocre.

Rating: Null/10 (3 March 2004)

I am very surprised Sean Penn won best actor for his performance in this. In my opinion there was nothing special about his performance in Mystic River. He gave a much better performance in I am Sam, but I do not think he deserved best actor for Mystic River. Great acting by Tim Robbins. Also I would have liked the movie much better if it ended at it's climax when the screen fades to white. All of the scenes after the climax are pretty terrible, and are definitely not needed. But it wasn't a bad movie, Clint Eastwood's directing is noteworthy. I'll give it a C plus. But Robbins acting is superb.
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