
There's a side story about the detective and his wife that is never developed and you don't understand the relationship that is trying to be portrayed between the two. There is a scene at the end between Sean Penn's character and his wife, portrayed by Laura Linney that seems to have no relation to the story line.

I fear I stand alone in my opinion of Mystic River. There is a story line that has potential, although it is very similar to an earlier movie called Sleepers. In spite of the excellent job of the director and actors, this is a movie that seems to have been lost on the editing room floor. Too much time is spent on telling the story of how the three men portrayed by Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon are related, which causes the first half of the movie to drag and this viewer to lose interest.
For a more developed (character limits hold me back) and favorable review click here.
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