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Mystic River
2003
· Movie
· 138 min
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #614
- IMDb #407
- Google retired #2343
- Rotten Tomatoes #641
- Metacritic #373
- Letterboxd #881
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1111
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #625
- Metacritic Critics #438
- Metacritic Audience #494
- Criticker #687
- Douban #725
- Kinopoisk #666
- AlloCiné #192
- Trakt #437
Every rating
61–89
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The lives of three childhood friends from a working-class Boston neighborhood are shattered by a tragic event in their youth. Twenty-five years later, a new tragedy strikes: the murder of one man's daughter. The investigation is led by another friend, now a homicide detective, while the third, an ex-con, becomes a suspect. The crime forces the three men to confront the ghosts of their shared past and the paths their lives have taken.
Details
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writer
- Brian Helgeland
- Based on
- a work by Dennis Lehane
- Released
- 8 October 2003
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $156.8M
- Awards
- 24 wins, 29 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 53 →10 major awards won · 24 wins from 53 nominations across 20 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Actor | Sean Penn | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Supporting Actor | Tim Robbins | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild 2004 | Feature Film – Contemporary Film | Henry Bumstead and Jack G. Taylor Jr. | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2004 | Best Supporting Actor | Tim Robbins | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2004 | Best Actor | Sean Penn | Winner |
| César Awards 2004 | Best Foreign Film | Winner | |
| Golden Globes 2004 | Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Tim Robbins | Winner |
| Golden Globes 2004 | Best Actor in a Drama | Sean Penn | Winner |
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Critics' Choice Awards
8 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Sean Penn | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tim Robbins | Winner |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble | Nominee | |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Score | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Brian Helgeland | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Marcia Gay Harden | Nominee |
Academy Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Sean Penn | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tim Robbins | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Brian Helgeland | Nominee |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Marcia Gay Harden | Nominee |
Golden Globes
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor in a Drama | Sean Penn | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Tim Robbins | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Brian Helgeland | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild
3 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Male Actor | Tim Robbins | Winner |
| Outstanding Ensemble | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor | Sean Penn | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Golden Coach | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild
1 nomination, 1 won
| Feature Film – Contemporary Film | Henry Bumstead and Jack G. Taylor Jr. | Winner |
César Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
BAFTA Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Sean Penn | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Tim Robbins | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Laura Linney | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Adapted | Brian Helgeland | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Brian Helgeland | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
8 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor – Drama | Sean Penn | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Brian Helgeland | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Tom Stern | Nominee |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Nominee |
| Best Drama Film | Nominee | |
| Best Editing | Joel Cox | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Drama | Marcia Gay Harden | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Ensemble | Winner | |
| Best Film | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Sean Penn | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tim Robbins | Winner |
London Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Actor of the Year | Sean Penn | Winner |
| Director of the Year | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
National Board of Review
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Sean Penn | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination, 1 won
| Feature Film | Winner |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Sean Penn | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood | Winner |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Sean Penn | Winner |
American Cinema Editors
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Joel Cox | Nominee |
European Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Non-European Film | Nominee |