Review of Mystic River (2003) by Carrie Rickey for Philadelphia Inquirer — 14 Aug 2011
So incrementally does Eastwood's film build toward what seems like an inevitable resolution that when it concludes, you're sucker-punched. You haven't been watching a police procedural, but a Greek tragedy.
You haven't been watching a drama about the catharsis of vigilantism, but sitting vigil for a community diminished, and permanently damaged, by violence.
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This review of Mystic River (2003) was written by Carrie Rickey and published by Philadelphia Inquirer on 14 Aug 2011.
Mystic River has generally received very positive reviews.
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