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DEAD RECKONING.(Mystic River)(Kill Bill - Vol. 1)(Movie Review)
Clint Eastwood has directed good movies in the past ("Unforgiven," "A Perfect World"), but he has never directed anything that haunts one's dreams the way "Mystic River" does. This extraordinary film, an outburst of tragic realism and grief, was shot in Catholic working-class Boston, a landscape of forlorn streets and brown shingle houses and battered cars. Yet there's nothing depressing about "Mystic River" as an experience of art. The movie has the bitter clarity and the heady exhilaration of new perceptions achieved after a long struggle, and one enjoys it not only for itself--it's fascinating from first shot to last--but as a breakthrough for Eastwood, who, at the age ...
- ``Mystic River'' Debuts June 8 from Warner Home Video.
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 2, 2004 700+ words
...country have praised "Mystic River," calling it "a riveting...section of Boston, Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn...event -- the murder of Jimmy's 19-year-old...stay one step ahead of Jimmy, a man driven by an...Bacon. Disc Two -- "Mystic River: Beneath the Surface...
- 'Mystic River' a haunting work
- Newspaper article from: The Gazette May 31, 2009 700+ words
...Dennis Lehane's "Mystic River" back in 2002...to a scene in "Mystic River." One of the...main characters, Jimmy Marcus, is at...that fateful day, Jimmy, Sean and Dave...together again. "Mystic River" is firmly on...
- Love Streams.(Mystic River)(School of Rock)(Bus 174)(Movie Review)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Klawans, Stuart October 27, 2003 700+ words
...prefer to classify Mystic River with Eastwood...these streets: Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn...thirty years ago: Jimmy, Sean, Da. Now...Dennis Lehane, Mystic River tells about guilt...other elements, Mystic River is a story of three marriages: Jimmy's with the ...
- `Mystic River'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Newman, Bruce October 8, 2003 700+ words
...begins with three boys _ Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle...haunting shots in "Mystic River," but surely the most...carries. When we see Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn...blistering performance from Jimmy's internal battle...artificially enhanced. "Mystic River" is an adult drama...
- `Mystic River'.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) October 6, 2003 700+ words
...begins with three boys _ Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle...haunting shots in "Mystic River," but surely the most...carries. When we see Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn...blistering performance from Jimmy's internal battle...artificially enhanced. "Mystic River" is an adult drama...
- 'Mystic River' a taut crime thriller.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Gire, Dann October 8, 2003 700+ words
...Herald Film Critic "Mystic River" 1/2 out of four...Boyle Sean Penn Jimmy Markum Kevin Bacon...Like much of "Mystic River," its meaning...Boston kids named Jimmy, Sean and Davey...takes the case. Jimmy has his thugs do...killed a mugger. "Mystic River" possesses ...
- Eastwood's unforgiving `Mystic River' is a masterpiece.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Verniere, James October 8, 2003 700+ words
...the edge of the Mystic River where a final bloody...director). As Jimmy's brothers...Thematically, "Mystic River" is more urgent...Dirty Harry to Jimmy Markum. Not since...Unforgiven," "Mystic River" is a film by...
- A TRAGIC COURSE `MYSTIC RIVER' STORY LINE, TERRIFIC CAST LEAVE VIEWER SHAKEN BY...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Denerstein^, Robert October 15, 2003 700+ words
...meanings of manhood. Mystic River finds itself in a class...that matter. INFOBOX Mystic River Three men share a common...2) Police restrain Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn) in a scene from Mystic River. Penn's Markum is...
