

Mystic River
We bury our sins, we wash them clean.
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
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7,772 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $156.8M
- Language
- English
- child abuse
- sexual abuse
- workers' quarter
- based on novel or book
- loss of loved one
- suppressed past
- boston, massachusetts
- repayment
- arbitrary law
- loyalty
- massachusetts
- psychological thriller
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTTA30 Oct 2019
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival3 Oct 2003
- Theatrical (limited)R8 Oct 2003
- PremiereAustin Film Festival9 Oct 2003
- TheatricalR15 Oct 2003
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1517 Oct 2003
United Arab EmiratesAE
- TV16+ 19 Dec 2012
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+29 Oct 2003
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)Toronto8 Oct 2003
- Theatrical14A15 Oct 2003
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1627 Nov 2003
AustriaAT
- Theatrical28 Nov 2003
BahrainBH
- Theatrical18 Feb 2004
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1815 Oct 2003
BrazilBR
- Theatrical165 Dec 2003
ChileCL
- Theatrical1428 Nov 2003
Frequently asked questions
Mystic River was released on 8 October 2003.
Audience reviews
4- W9/10
Wuchak
12/17/2018
***Evils of the past and the problems with vigilante justice*** Released in 2003 and directed by Clint Eastwood, “Mystic River” tells the story of three men from a working class neighborhood in Boston. While playing in the street as kids, one of them is abducted and sexually abused for days. As adults they’ve drifted apart. Jimmy (Sean Penn) is a reformed con who runs a successful market when his daughter is sudde…
- T8/10
The Movie Diorama
1/16/2020
Mystic River continuously outflows its poignant crime investigation through a meticulously gritty screenplay. The past haunts us. Experiences and encounters, grossly susceptible and an impressionably young age, returning viciously with psychological detriments. A naive boy that just didn’t know any better. Abducted. An unresolved mystery that manifested itself into an intricately societal Massachusetts neighbourhood,…
- R9/10
r96sk
2/8/2022
Excellent! I'm not fully sold on the ending, though it isn't anything less than good either way, but the rest of <em>'Mystic River'</em> is quality. The cast are superb, whether that be the main trio of Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon or the supporting Laurence Fishburne and Marcia Gay Harden. Bacon and Fishburne make for a terrific buddy cop duo, miles better than director Clint Eastwood's attempt with Cha…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/30/2026
Clint Eastwood has assembled a really strong cast here for this daring look at just how taboos are dealt with, even now, in 21st century Boston. We begin with three lads messing about with some freshly laid concrete before a police car arrives and forces "Dave" to get in the back. Nobody hears from him for four days and thereafter he is completely silent about what went on and we advance into their adulthood. "Dave" …
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