One of my favorites of the last 10 years

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2005)

I absolutely loved this movie. The acting was amazing by everyone in the cast and especially, in my opinion, Tim Robbins. He just blew me away with his performance as Sean Penn's sadly traumatized pal, Dave Boyle, for which he received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. I thought this honor was overdue as he should have been nominated and won an Oscar for his performance of Andy DuFresne in 1994s The Shawshank Redemption. Shawshank, Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby were my favorite 3 movies of the last ten years. Mystic River was so powerfully written and acted that nothing else could compare with it last year. Sean Penn, Laura Linney, Lawrence Fishburne and Kevin Bacon were perfect for their parts.