Review of Mystic River (2003) by Jamie B — 16 Jun 2012

Intense, relatively interesting... but not completely convinced that it is fully worthy of all the raves it seems to get.

This review of Mystic River (2003) was written by Jamie B on 16 Jun 2012.

Mystic River has generally received very positive reviews.

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