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Mystic River [2003] [DVD]
 
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Mystic River [2003] [DVD]

Sean Penn , Tim Robbins , Clint Eastwood    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Emmy Rossum, Laura Linney
  • Directors: Clint Eastwood
  • Writers: Brian Helgeland, Dennis Lehane
  • Producers: Clint Eastwood, Bruce Berman, Judie Hoyt, Robert Lorenz
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Jun 2006
  • Run Time: 138 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001GNDQQ
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,651 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Superior acting, writing and direction are on impressive display in the Oscar-winning Mystic River, Clint Eastwood's 24th directorial outing and one of the finest films of 2003. Sharply adapted by LA Confidential Oscar-winner Brian Helgeland from the novel by Dennis Lehane, this chilling mystery revolves around three boyhood friends in working-class Boston--played as adults by Tim Robbins, Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon. They're drawn together by a crime from the past and a murder (of the Penn character's 19-year-old daughter) in the present. These dual tragedies arouse a vicious cycle of suspicion, guilt and repressed anxieties, primed to explode with devastating and unpredictable results. Eastwood is perfectly in tune with this brooding material, giving his flawless cast (including Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden and Laurence Fishburne) ample opportunity to plumb the depths of a resonant human tragedy, leading to an ambiguous ending that qualifies Mystic River for contemporary classic status. --Jeff Shannon

Special Features

  • Mystic River: From Page to Screen
  • Theatrical trailer

DVD Technical Information:

  • Running Time: 137 mins
  • Region Code: 2
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.40 Wide Screen
  • Soundtrack: Dolby Digital 5.1: English
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, English, English for the hearing impaired, Finnish, Hebrew, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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As time goes by I find superficial plots and shallow characters increasingly boring. Luckily, every now and then a really good film comes along, and Mystic River was one of these. The plot was hardly overly complex; all sub plots were essential to the major theme. No pseudo psychology marred the story, only a desparate and real human search for meaning. I found the character development to be realistic, if sometimes surprising. People are not linear and always predictable across changing contexts in real life, so why should they be so in fiction? All in all, I found the film engaging, exciting, and thoroughly satisfying. I shall watch it again and recommend it to my friends.
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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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Haunting drama about judgement, redemption and rejuvenation. While ostensibly a murder mystery the true wealth of mystic river lies in the human mystery surrounding the three main characters.

The film explores the limits to the value of friendship and the unimaginable cruelty of childhood abuse. Robbins' character has been tormented his entire life because of an incident of childhood abuse, as a result of this, another crime committed by Robbins and his wife's lack of trust - he is falsely accused of killing old friend Penn's daughter. He is betrayed by his wife to Penn, who is some kind of respected hoodlum in the community, his wife evidently trusts Penn more than her own husband. This is the moral of the film, Robbins was never able to form the same level of trust and understanding with his wife as the others were because of his childhood trauma and as a result his wife misjudges him and betrays him. In contrast to this, Penn's wife congratulates him when he tells her of his terrible crime, telling him he did what he did to protect his familly, her trust and loyalty is never in doubt.

The ending of the film is powerful stuff, we see the two survivors with their wives - playing happy famillies. Despite the reality of Penn's crimes he is able to exonerate himself of murder, forgive himself easily. Robbins himself was never able to forgive himself for the terrible shame of being a victim of abuse, doubly so because he is male. There was never any peace for him - unlike Penn he has no sin to bury - because the unique cruelty of being a victim of abuse means feeling the full-guilt and shame without having sinned. When you compare the injuries done to Robbins (as a child) and Penn and their respective recoveries from those injuries you conclude that there are worse crimes than murder.
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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As a general rule I like to read the book before watching the movie. However, every once in a while it happens to me that while watching a film I think that I would like to read the novel too. This was the case with "The Shipping News", and it was also the case with "Mystic River". When I watched this production, I was constantly thinking that the story was so perfect, that the book must be great. I hope I get a chance to confirm this suspicion soon.

Anyway, going back to the movie, the story evolves around the lives of three childhood friends that went through a traumatic experience when one of them, Dave, was bullied into a car by two adults posing as police officers. He was abused for days until he could finally escape, but something broke inside him, and all three friends where affected as a result.

Now, Jimmy (Sean Penn) owns a convenience store and is still involved with some dangerous men from his days as a delinquent, Sean (Kevin Bacon) is a police officer who was abandoned by his wife six months ago and Dave (Tim Robbins) is a married man that lives a quiet life but still has ghosts from his past that visit him. These three men have not really been in contact with each other over the last few years, even though they live in the same city.

When Jimmy's oldest daughter is murdered, Sean is the detective in charge of the investigation. Also, Dave was in the bar Jimmy's daughter went to the night of her death, and he later came home to his wife bearing a knife wound and alleging that he was mugged by a man that he had to kill. Once the path of the three friends converges, we find ourselves in the middle of a craftily constructed story, which has all the elements that make a great mystery.

Besides the script being incredibly good, it allows the actors to show their best aptitudes by having very powerful scenes and a lot of interesting exchanges. If you have seen this movie it should come as no surprise that both Sean Penn and Tim Robbins won Oscars for their performances in the Lead Actor and Supporting Actor respectively. I really found no drawbacks in this film, but understand that some people may find the story somewhat disturbing. I still think that it is worth seeing by anyone that is not extremely sensitive to murder and violence.

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