Though the acting is great, the directing is a just a mess!

Rating: 4/10 (26 January 2004)

Mystic River, though people say it's one of the "best films of the year", is sloppily done and over all just a mess! The acting is brilliant but it doesn't cover-up the under thought script. The movie drags on far too long and should have been re-edited so that it was more thought provoking and so it was easier to follow. As a director, I'd say it's one of the worst films of the year, but some of the best acting so far.