Eastwood reaches pinnacle of directorial success.

Rating: 9/10 (23 November 2007)

Childhood friendships.Some of them last a lifetime,some diminish as time goes on because our friends take different paths in life.Mystic River takes us on a journey of three friends who fall in the latter circumstance.Their journey apart begins much earlier than expected when one of the boys is taken away by a child molester posing as a cop.Unthinkable and unspeakable things happen to him.Dave,the young victim,is of course hit the hardest among the three boys.Jimmy and Sean are affected as well,and the three boys are subconsciously driven apart by the incident.Dave leads a semi normal life,Sean goes into law enforcement,Jimmy dabbles in organized crime.Suddenly another tragedy brings the three former friends back together.Mystic River is not only a fine drama,but within it lies a good old fashioned murder mystery that will keep you riveted.This film represents Clint Eastwood's ultimate maturity as a director,and should not be missed.