review

mystic river, directed by clint eastwood is a fine fine film.
i sat engrossed by the fine performances of sean penn and kevin bacon (ably supported by laurence fishburne (not in a morpheus mode and a reminder of what a prescence he can be) and tim robbins).

it tells the tale of three men who were childhood friends and how they are brought together by the murder of one of their daughters.
penn plays a looking hood whose daughter is murdered, robbins plays a slightly mentally damaged worker and bacon is a local homicide cop.
as bacon investigates the murder all the clues point towards robbins as the murderer. even his wife is suspicious of him.

the tension builds. each of the characters are believable and played incredibly well.
the direction is sparse, few tricks allowing the location and the actors carry the movie.

i enjoyed it, i can see why it was such a hit when it came out.

i recommend it.

and a no prize to anyone who can spot the clue that is wrong and is used to break the case.
go rent it now!