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Mystic River (2003)

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All Time

of 190,142

543

2000's

of 34,011

126

2003

of 8,541

20
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,077
  
  108
  
  Crime of 2003
  
  of 135
  
  4
  
  Crime of the 2000's
  
  of 1,142
  
  19
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  320
  
  Drama of 2003
  
  of 1,242
  
  9
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,649
  
  72
Mystery
- Mystery All Time
  
  of 3,090
  
  36
  
  Mystery of 2003
  
  of 90
  
  1
  
  Mystery of the 2000's
  
  of 716
  
  5

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Mystic River (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.1132

Avg Critic Score:3.0691

Mystic River (2003) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" is a dark, ominous brooding about a crime in the present that is emotionally linked to a crime in the past. ...read the complete Mystic River movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

To see strong acting like this is exhilarating. In a time of flashy directors who slice and dice their films in a dizzy editing rhythm, it is important to remember that films can look and listen and attentively sympathize with their characters. ...read the complete Mystic River movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

No review available ...read the complete Mystic River movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Clint Eastwood pours everything he knows about directing into Mystic River. His film sneaks up, messes with your head and then floors you. You can't shake it. It's that haunting, that hypnotic. ...read the complete Mystic River movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

A movie of startling power and intimacy. ...read the complete Mystic River movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

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Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

Eastwood's best direction since Unforgiven and arguably the best, most mature work of his career....read the complete Mystic River (2003) review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

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San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)

The immediacy of family and job concerns mean most childhood ties have long since fallen away. "Mystic River," the chilling, superbly acted new mystery from director Clint Eastwood, explores how formative friendships snake their way back anyway, through...read the complete Mystic River (2003) review at San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)

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The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)

Little more than the distended first half of a twisty, dark "Law & Order" script....read the complete Mystic River (2003) review at The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)

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Film Threat (Phil Hall)

The new bad movie from Clint Eastwood which takes Dennis Lehane's best-selling thriller and turns it into an inert mess that clocks in at 137 minutes but feels like 137 hours....read the complete Mystic River (2003) review at Film Threat (Phil Hall)

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