MYSTIC RIVER
2003 ****1/2 138 mins.
Clint Eastwood's talents as a director show wonderfully in this film about three friends who are caught up in the same mystery. The only problem with this film is that the story is way to predictable. While watching this film, I literally predicted everything that was going to happen long before it happened. Otherwise, though, this is a perfect film.
Rated R for language and violence.
Starring:
Sean Penn + Tim Robbins + Kevin Bacon + Laurence Fishburne + Marcia Gay Harden + Laura Linney
Based on the Novel by
Dennis Lehane
Screenplay by
Brian Helgeland
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Other Films with:
Kevin Bacon - Friday the 13th (1980)
Clint Eastwood - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Million Dollar Baby (2004), and Unforgiven (1992)
Laurence Fishburne - Apocalypse Now (billed as Larry Fishburne), The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (billed as Larry Fishburne)
Brian Helgeland - A Knight's Tale and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Laura Linney - The Truman Show
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