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Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney, Kevin Chapman, Tom Guiry, Emmy Rossum, Spencer Treat Clark (mehr)Streaming (6)
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Katie, die Tochter des 40-jährigen Jimmy, wird ermordet aufgefunden. Der Verdacht fällt auf Jimmys Jugendfreund Dave, der in seiner Kindheit vergewaltigt wurde und psychisch labil ist. Der Polizeibeamte Sean, ebenfalls befreundet mit Jimmy und Dave, ermittelt. Auch Katies Verlobter kommt als Täter in Frage. Doch die Beweislage spricht zunehmend für Dave als Mörder. Daraufhin greift Jimmy zur Selbstjustiz. Das Schicksal meint es nicht gut mit den drei Jugendfreunden Dave, Jimmy und Sean aus Boston. Der inzwischen 40-Jährige Jimmy (Sean Penn) musste für zwei Jahre ins Gefängnis. Nun versucht er sich mit einem kleinen Laden über Wasser zu halten. Seit dem Tod seiner Frau ist die Beziehung mit Tochter Katie schwer belastet. Als Katie ermordet aufgefunden wird, bekommt Sean (Kevin Bacon), jetzt Polizeibeamter, den Fall zugeteilt. Sean vermutet, dass ihr alter Freund Dave (Tim Robbins) in die Tat verwickelt sein könnte. Dave wurde als Kind entführt und vergewaltigt, und ist seitdem psychisch stark angeschlagen. Aber auch Katies Verlobter Brendan gehört zum Kreis der Verdächtigen. Brendans Vater Ray und Jimmy sind miteinanader verfeindet. Ray hat durch seinen Verrat Jimmy die Haft eingebrockt. Schließlich ist auch Daves Frau davon überzeugt, ihr Gatte hätte Katie umgebracht. Daraufhin will Jimmy das Gesetz selbst in die Hand nehmen. (ServusTV)
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Mystic River ist ein düsterer Krimi, der mit einer Studie der Charaktere verbunden ist. Ein langsamer, leiser Film mit wenig Musik, der definitiv kein Adrenalin-Streifen ist. Es handelt sich um ein ernstes menschliches Drama, das am Ende einen stärkeren Gedanken als Perfect World hat. Ein Film mit einem einfachen Bild, der vor allem auf den Schauspielern und dem Schnitt baut. Die Schere hätte zwar aktiver sein können, die Schauspieler*innen haben den Film aber gerettet.
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Ein sehr beeindruckendes Werk, das die Stärken eines psychologischen Dramas und eines Kriminalromans gekonnt kombiniert, wobei die Verschmelzung dieser beiden Genres in einem sehr harten Finale eine der größten Stärken Eastwoods ist. Der erste Teil wirkt etwas unbeholfen und nimmt mehr als mühsam Fahrt auf, aber am Ende, dank Sean Penn, fängt der Erzählmotor an zu laufen und mit den Minuten, die vergehen, wird Mystic River zu einem wahrhaft magnetischen Spektakel, das nicht durch so viel Tiefgang der Geschichte oder extrem meisterhafter Regie beeindruckt, sondern mit einer ehrlichen und interessanten Erzählung, großartigen Leistungen und emotionalen Momenten. Die Stärke der Geschichte liegt vor allem in der zentralen Dreiergruppe, in den inneren Dilemmata und Narben, die die Figuren seit ihrer Kindheit mit sich tragen und die ihr Handeln beeinflussen... Unausgewogen, aber ausgezeichnet.
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It's not satisfying as a classic crime drama, but it is as a psychological drama. The film flows at the slow pace of a lazy river, there are no camera exhibitions, Clint directs artfully, giving a lot of space to actors who can show a lot of their range, and that's how I like it. Tim Robbins in particular dominates the performances, and here the Oscar is in the right hands. On the other hand, I would question the second award-winning actor, because Sean Penn, in truth, overacts in places. The intelligently written story manages to draw you in and not let go, although there are a few distracting elements, namely, the wife's strange silent phone calls to Detective Devin (played convincingly by Kevin Bacon), which have no connection to the plot and take it nowhere, and the poor symbolism in Robbins' character's reasoning – I didn't get the "vampires" (= pedophiles?) thing. Nevertheless, great satisfaction, also thanks to the unconventionally closed story. They don’t make many films like this in Hollywood today.
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There are several scenes that are as powerful as few in the field of psychological crime thrillers, but there also many scenes that are as mediocre as anything in the field of standard crime thrillers. It's like a river that doesn't know which way to go...
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Mysterious, intriguing and suspenseful! Mystic River is the best thriller driven whodunit I've ever seen. The story is perfect and the twists and turns and frequent plot changes make it much more unpredictable. Sean Penn delivers the ultimate acting performance, this guy goes instantly into my favorite actors, i love him! The rest of the cast also deserves praise for a job well done, especially the duo of detectives played by Kevin Bacon and Laurence Fishburne. A polished, atmospheric diamond that left me almost breathless! 100%
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Thanks to Sean Penn's performance (and not just in the formally perfect scene of finding the victim), the film is better than it would have been without him. The crime story mixed with a heartrending drama holds up more than solidly until the finale, which unexpectedly escalates minute by minute and pulls many surprises on the viewer. Although you won't figure out until the final what that river is doing in the title, the atmosphere thus far collapses in that instant.
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An intimate psychological thriller that relies on a very talented cast and the reliable, experienced direction of Clint Eastwood. It's not a film that would cause a revolution in cinema or bring me to ecstasy with its execution, but on the other hand, it has no significant flaws and represents a solid above-average in its genre. Overall impression: 75%.
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A dark crime drama with a fantastically intricate plot. Clint Eastwood directs coolly, distantly, and very meticulously. Sean Penn delivers a fantastic performance and the dramaturgy of Mystic River is flawless. It is exactly the kind of film where everything falls into place at the end as it should, but at the same time it is raw, harsh, and unconventional enough to confuse even the ordinary viewer.
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Once again, Clint works flawlessly with human emotions, from love to pure hatred, but this time it's not so much to his credit as to all the excellent actors who play such an atmospheric and chillingly patient game that the depressing finale made me want to scream and quickly shake it all off. Unfortunately, the compelling and simply-framed psychological storyline fights too hard for attention with the detective plot, which rings a bit hollow and is ultimately not as crucial to the story as the frequency of all the interrogations and new leads might suggest. Other than the aforementioned finale, there aren’t any wow-sequences that would be permanently etched in our memories, the kind Eastwood usually delivers aplenty in his masterpieces, so I have no choice but to bring up Sean Penn and Tim Robbins again, without whom this time it wouldn't have been quite the same – but Clint probably knew who to cast :))) 80%
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To criticize Eastwood is to spend the rest of my life looking nervously over my shoulder, but I've got the balls for it. Because the problem with Clint's directorial output of recent years lies mainly in the fact that he's a crappy psychologist, but would love to be one (i.e. the classic problem of all trendy psychology students, who end up psychoanalyzing their houseplants two months into their first semester, oh how many I've known). He can't seem to go deep into the characters, even though the actors help him tremendously with that. Tim Robbins' acting in particular should be watched just as a reward. Except that his monologues with cheesy metaphors (vampires, wolves) rustle the paper (or was it hustle?) and you don't believe a thing. The film's straightforward mystery storyline will please all crime fiction lovers because it's got it all and Fishburne and Bacon are likable to a fault. However, that shocking ending that the film doesn't allude to in any way beforehand squeals like a pig, no matter how well shot it is – especially the rather brutal and excellent skirmish from the unnamed characters. There's a very interesting (again, paper-rustling) scene at the end, with Penn's wife, whose relationship we've also learned quite a bit about up to this point, and will therefore cause a wrinkle on more than one forehead, and ironically it's this scene that stands out enough to clinch that fourth star, even though I still found the "traditional" bits the best part of the overall film.
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A true Clint Eastwood masterpiece and my burning candidate for the best work ever in Eastwood's entire filmography. The great thing about Mystic River is that the central crime plot is informed by the very different characters of the three main protagonists, alongside their dark childhood experiences. All three characters are also exceedingly interesting to watch as adults when, due to a sudden event, they are all forced to meet again (despite the fact that each is now completely different). It works very well as a crime drama, but the almost intimate/psychological dimension adds much more urgency to the whole story with its rising intensity. Sean Penn in particular manages to convey his character's feelings and motivations to the viewer in a unique (and very much his own) way, which, combined with Tim Robbins' equally excellent performance, pushes Mystic River far beyond the boundaries of a conventional crime story. The excellent ending, which basically just crowns a brilliantly played-out romp with all the characters, is then just the cherry on top. A genre film delicacy.
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