Mystic River Mystic River

January 4th, 2004 by surlaroute

Clint Eastwood directs and scores possibly his best movie to date. Sean Penn and Tim Robbins do big, chunky, Proper Acting. Echoes of Sleepers and Once Upon a Time in America, very little that is new, but so somberly done, so studied and lingering. It’s clear that this is about our post 9/11 nightmare, but like Spike Lee’s 25th Hour it’s by no means a cash-in.