Review of Mystic River (2003) by Trailesque — 22 Mar 2022
This is as good a crime / neighborhood / relationships drama as I can think of. The story focuses on 3 men who knew each other as kids, and were involved in a traumatic incident in which one of them was the victim of severe sexual abuse.
He has never really been quite right in the head ever since, while another one of the trio becomes a detective and the third, a swaggering hoodlum and small businessman. The murder of a young woman ignites an intense drama that engulfs them all.
Superbly done in every way, except perhaps for the ending, which tries a little too hard to finish things on a positive note.
This review of Mystic River (2003) was written by Trailesque on 22 Mar 2022.
Mystic River has generally received very positive reviews.
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