Review by SheepInControl

Mystic River 2003

What a briliant movie. Story and acting both superb. I will focus on the ending since I realise many people dislike the end,and it is true its not a happy ending movie and no sort of justice is served...exactly as it happens in many occassions in real life. Although Daves tragedy is recognised by his old friends, as it would by anybody, the reality remains that they don't value him as an equal. They can not relate with him therefore the tragedy of his death does not have huge impact on them. As it was mentioned many times in the movie, including Dave himself, he was considered dead to many since he stepped into that car. His real death just came as a belated conclusion to everyone in the community. Looking closer at Jimmy and his wife, and the last speach she gives about Jimmy being the king, is just a verbalised example of how deflated ego combined with self-righteousness can justify the most horrible of actions. I thought this attitude was realistic by the particular characters and one can only argue about the way it was explained to us. The movie ending may not satisfy the "political correctness" sensitive crowd, but personally I was not offended by the fact that justice was not served. This movie is a story, is not trying to delive a message of what is right and wrong, but how the characters react to their circumstances and boy it did a briliant job. . Injustice happens more often in life than justice, sometimes for little and sometimes for really important matters. People should be offended by the real life injustice more and less with the ones that appear in fictional pieces of art.

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