I hate movies like this

Rating: 1/10 (2 December 2006)

Art is something that communicates to people. Therefore the art can be judged by what it communicates. This film only communicates that evil in the end triumphs. I have a problem with filmmakers who use movies as a device to depress people. This is exactly how I felt about another piece of garbage film "American Beauty". Both movies are unjust and thoroughly depressing. Movies can be tragic and uplifting but that requires a skillful director, writer and actors. What you have in this film is just the intention to make the audience depressed and to pass it off as art, which, it is but not in the same category as "Braveheart", "Stand by Me", "To Kill a Mockingbird", or any other tragic but uplifting film. If you like watching this kind of film and feeling this way just watch the evening news. The phrase is "Life imitates Art." What you have in "Mystic River" is "Art imitates Life." Its what filmmakers do when they are either lazy or have no talent.