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has never made it past that long-ago afternoon. A lumbering shell of a man, with haunted eyes and an unsteady manner, he scrapes out a living So he can support his meek, tentative wife, Celeste (Marcia Gay Harden), and their young son.
While “Mystic River” is a murder mystery, it’s also about lives impacted by fate, about how the past can strangle the present. The female roles aren’t as prominent, but Harden makes Celeste a deeply insecure woman, uncertain of herself and of her husband.
Conversely, Laura Linney as Annabeth quietly unveils herself as the steely-eyed wife of Jimmy. A look exchanged between the two women at a neighborhood parade says more than Penn’s howls or even Robbins’ stammering*
Eastwood is worthy of very high praise as he weaves this story together. “Mystic River” reminds one of the sorrow and majesty of Eastwood’s “Unforgiven,” but it stands firmly on its own as one of 2003’s most profoundly accomplished movies.
Rated R for sexual content, violence, a gruesome murder scene and overall emotional intensity; run time is 137 minutes.
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