Countdown to St. Patrick's Day - 12
Mystic River is based on the book sharing the same title. Set in South Boston, the story tells of three Irish Catholic men, friends from childhood. The course of their lives have been different. Jimmy (Sean Penn) is a family man who owns a liquor store, Dave (Tim Robbins)is a blue collar worker and Sean (Kevin Bacon) a police detective. Jimmy has a teenage daughter, Katie, who goes out one night to party with her friends. She doesn't return home and is later found murdered. The most powerful scene every filmed is when Jimmy comes across a roped off area and the police are investigating an abandoned car. Jimmy recognizes the car as the same model and color as Katie's. Jimmy has to be restrained by many police as he keeps screaming "Is that my daughter's car?" His agony at that moment still brings me to tears. The movie then focuses on solving her murder. Dave is a suspect because he has hurt his hand the night Katie disappeared and tells everyone he had been mugged. There are other subplots, a childhood secret, and Sean's pregnant wife leaving him. This is one of my all time favorite movies. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and was nominated for multiple Academy Awards. Sean Penn and Tim Robbins won for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. If you have missed it up to now, it deserves to go to the top of the queue.
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