Clint Eastwood's best film. One of my top 20 favorites.

Rating: 10/10 (30 May 2010)

How long does it usually take you to be convinced that a movie is great? For most people, it obviously takes the whole movie. But with films like The Dark knight, it takes me a short time. Mystic River took me about twenty minutes.
Mystic river is such a good film. But it's not just a good film. It's a fantastic one. This is a rare film adaptation that exceeds over the book. I read the book. And the book, like the movie, was fantastic. But in my opinion, Clint Eastwood's film is so much better.
As we all know, anything Clint Eastwood touches is gold. This is a director that hasn't done a bad film yet. And it will stay that way. It took me a long time to finally watch Mystic River, but while watching it I asked myself "Where have I been in the past couple of years?"
Mystic River is the story of three guys, Sean(played by Kevin Bacon), Jimmy(played amazingly by Sean Penn in his Oscar winning role), and Dave(played amazingly by Tim Robbins in his Oscar winning role). When they were younger, Dave was molested. Years later, Jimmy's daughter(played by Emmy Rossum) is murdered. This brings all of the guys back into each others lives.
Marcia Gay Harden does a terrific job as Dave's wife, who suspects that her husband might have done it. Laura Linney plays Jimmy's wife. Sean is separated. Laurence Fishburne plays Sean's partner, because they are detectives.
This is an incredibly powerful film. A very interesting one too. The performances by Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, and Marcia Gay Harden are spectacular. Nobody does a bad job. Mystic River is a flawless film. Movies really don't get any better. Though this isn't my favorite, it's certainly up there.
Mystic River:A+