Review of Mystic River (2003) by Tyranian — 29 Aug 2019

Fairly powerful crime-thriller with good performances, music and writing. Quite sad.

This review of Mystic River (2003) was written by Tyranian on 29 Aug 2019.

Mystic River has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Marin M (205) on 29 Dec 2018

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Knowing how it's going to end does prepare you to look at it from a more objective point of view, and while I'm still not a huge fan of the…

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Excellent! I'm not fully sold on the ending, though it isn't anything less than good either way, but the rest of 'Mystic River' is quality…

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After re-watching I must say that the plot is nothing speacial. The acting is superb tho and overall its worth a watch…

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