We bury our sins here.....

Rating: 8/10 (7 September 2014)

In a small Boston neighbourhood, 1975, three kids are playing when one is abducted abused for several days.
The victim, Dave, in adult life, is still haunted by memories and protective of his own son. Jimmy's an ex-con, father of three. Sean is a detective, estranged from his pregnant wife.
When Jimmy's daughter is murdered, Sean investigates, but Dave's a suspect.
Jimmy vows to find the killer before the cops. Her boyfriend is also a suspect, when ballistics turns up a link to a gun owned by the young man's father.....
When you look at the film on face value, you realise that its fail safe, it cannot be anything other than marvellous,thanks to the source material, wonderful directing, and a brilliant cast.
But even though it's such a brilliant film, and should have won more wards, the subject matter is so hard and the film leaves you feeling so low, that it's really hard to recommend to anyone, because the film will leave you feeling less than euphoric.
Penn deserved his Oscar for his portrayal of the grieving father. At times you can almost feel the anger waiting to get out, and the fact that he has a shady past, only adds to the intensity of his performance.
Robbins also gives one of his best performance in a while, and the emotional wreckage that he and his wife go through in the film is very powerful.
So the film is stunning, and Eastwood proves again that the noughties was a wonderful year for him, but blimey, the film is really depressing.