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	CNN.com - Books - Author Dennis Lehane plumbs depths of human misunderstanding in 'Mystic River' - January 30, 2001
		As such, "Mystic River" is a crime novel which both uses and transcends genre to address basic questions at the heart of the human soul, a place often much darker than we care to admit.
		"Mystic River" uses the whodunit premise to delve deeply into the conundrum of how people who are supposedly "close" are actually as far from one another as distant planets whirling through the void.
		No characters in "Mystic River" really get to the festering heart of the matter until it is too late.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/books/news/01/30/dennis.lehane

	Powell's Books - Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
		A tense and unnerving psychological thriller, Mystic River is also an epic novel of love and loyalty, faith and family, in which people irrevocably marked by the past find themselves on a collision course with the darkest truths of their own hidden selves.
		Mystic River was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award and won both the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best Novel as well as the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction given by the Massachusetts Center for the Book.
		Dennis Lehane's gripping, moving Mystic River blurs the line between genres; at times you can't be sure if you're reading "literature" or "crime fiction." With characters this rich and a setting so vivid that you can feel yourself inhabit it, one assumes it must be "literature" with a capital L.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-0688163165-0

	MSN - Movies: Mystic River
		Directed by Clint Eastwood, the mysterious drama Mystic River is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane and adapted by screenwriter Brian Helgeland.
		Read more Directed by Clint Eastwood, the mysterious drama Mystic River is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane and adapted by screenwriter Brian Helgeland.
		Mystic River [P&S] Released on June 8, 2004
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=540387

	Mystic River Movie Review - Mystic River Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe
		Dennis Lehane's best-selling 2001 novel ''Mystic River'' wanted very, very much to be a Shakespearean tragedy set on the mean streets of South Boston, and it ultimately succeeded almost in spite of those ambitions.
		It's somewhat odd, then, that you come out of ''Mystic River'' stunned by its female roles: by Linney as a strong man's stronger wife and Harden as a woman eventually moved by fear and secret lust to commit an unforgivable act.
		It's here that both Lehane and Eastwood make their play for classic tragic irony, and it's here -- in a simple, devastating look that passes between the two women during a neighborhood parade -- that ''Mystic River'' finally succeeds.
	www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=2569

	Harvard Gazette: HFA hosts 'Mystic River' homecoming
		Author of the novel 'Mystic River' and Extension School writing teacher Dennis Lehane said the film was generally faithful to his book.
		As the murder mystery drives "Mystic River's" plot forward, the emotional struggles of the three men and their wives - Laura Linney's tough Annabeth Markum and Marcia Gay Harden's brittle Celeste Boyle - plunge the film ever deeper.
		Hollywood came to Cambridge Monday night (Oct. 6), as the area premiere of the Boston-bred film "Mystic River" festooned Sanders Theatre with more glitz than is customary on a weeknight in Harvard Square.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2003/10.09/13-mystic.html

	Amazon.ca: Books: Mystic River
		Mystic River, then, arrives as a bit of a gamble, as Lehane moves from the sharp edges of portraiture to the broader strokes of landscape.
		I couldn't put "Mystic River" down; this was my first time reading Dennis Lehane and I think his writing style is excellent; very "edge of your seat".
		"Mystic River", is a true crime story, but it is also about people, family, friends and community.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/2743609621

	Mystic River
		Brian Helgeland's screenplay for Mystic River hews closely to the popular page-turner of a novel by Dennis Lehane, a dark story set in working-class Boston.
		Mystic River adeptly juggles the intersecting story lines of the three principals--the police procedural centered on Sean, the history and vengeance of Jimmy, and the tortured, schizoid pressures still gnawing at Dave.
		By any measure, though, Mystic River is riveting moviemaking in the popular vein.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies7/MysticRiver.htm

	Mystic River
		"Mystic River's" script by Brian Helgeland, based on Dennis Lehane's novel, deals with the repercussions of child molestation, a topic of vital importance and one of boundless possibilities.
		"Mystic River" is arguably his most ambitious film since his multi-Oscar winner, "Unforgiven." But it lacks the power and depth of that film's dynamic script by David Webb Peoples.
		Clint Eastwood, a man who likes to challenge himself more than he is given credit for when he turns to directing, is clearly fascinated by this idea and explores its ramifications in a crisp, well-made, visually astute film that will provoke and divide his admirers.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1998664

	Mystic River (2003) - Reviews - Moovees.com
		Based on the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, what makes Mystic River brilliant is how it gradually digs deeper into the story, revealing bits and pieces of information and taking us somewhere we would never anticipate in a million years.
		In the end, Mystic River makes for a fascinating examination of how the past can affect the future in so many different and sometimes irrelevant ways; whether or not we should be held accountable for the results is a question you can't really answer, only learn from.
		With his latest effort, an uncompromised and gut-wrenching film called Mystic River, Eastwood is at the top of his game and proves you don't need a big budget to make a movie of epic proportions.
	www.moovees.com /review/mystic-river.html

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Mystic River (Widescreen)
		"Mystic River" is really a brilliant movie (based on a great novel by Dennis Lehane, which is - even after having watched the movie - worth reading)...and definitely on of the best with Clint Eastwood as a director.
		Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" is a dark, brooding and painfully truthful film about two crimes that impacts and intertwines lives of three men.
		Buy Mystic River (Widescreen) with Cold Mountain today!
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001ZX0OW

	BBC - Films - review - Mystic River
		Just as Eastwood examined his iconic Man With No Name creation in Unforgiven, so he explores the vigilantism of Dirty Harry in Mystic River, albeit in a low-key, leisurely way.
		Adapted from Dennis Lehane's bestselling novel, the script asks whodunit and what should be done in return, as Jimmy plays neighbourhood God - given the chance to be judge, jury and executioner.
		Clint Eastwood returns to retribution and a semblance of form with this moody, involving thriller, even if the stone-faced star/director is saddled with prosaic plotting and a portentous script.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2003/10/06/mystic_river_2003_review.shtml

	SAG Swept Away by "Mystic River" - Jan 15, 2004 - E! Online News
		Jan 15, 2004, 8:00 AM PT It was hardly a pleasure cruise, but Sean Penn's heartwrenching performance in Mystic River has his Tinseltown peers on board.
		The Clint Eastwood adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel was a leading contender among the 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, announced Thursday morning.
		It's a major vote of confidence for Mystic, which has already reaped kudos from the Broadcast Critics and the National Board of Review.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,13281,00.html

	Mystic River - Kill Bill - New York Movie Review
		Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane and written by Brian Helgeland, Mystic River is about how another crime, 25 years later, brings these boys back together again.
		Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River is suffused with lives ruined by violence; in Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantino looks violence in the eye—and cackles.
		lint Eastwood’s Mystic River has one of the most brutally effective opening sequences I’ve ever seen.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/movies/reviews/n_9305

	Mystic River (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mystic River is an American film released in 2003, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon.
		The film was written by Brian Helgeland (based on the novel by Dennis Lehane) and directed by Clint Eastwood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mystic_River_(movie) (196 words)

	Mystic River (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The film was written by Brian Helgeland (based on the novel Mystic River by Dennis Lehane) and directed by Clint Eastwood.
		Mystic River is an American Academy Award winning film released in 2003, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney and Kevin Bacon.
		The plot of the film revolves around three kids who were friends and grew up together in Boston, Massachusetts named Jimmy, Dave, and Sean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mystic_River_(movie) (918 words)

	Mystic River Movie Review - Mystic River Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe
		Dennis Lehane's best-selling 2001 novel ''Mystic River'' wanted very, very much to be a Shakespearean tragedy set on the mean streets of South Boston, and it ultimately succeeded almost in spite of those ambitions.
		It's somewhat odd, then, that you come out of ''Mystic River'' stunned by its female roles: by Linney as a strong man's stronger wife and Harden as a woman eventually moved by fear and secret lust to commit an unforgivable act.
		It's here that both Lehane and Eastwood make their play for classic tragic irony, and it's here -- in a simple, devastating look that passes between the two women during a neighborhood parade -- that ''Mystic River'' finally succeeds.
	www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=2569 (891 words)

	Mystic River (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mystic River is a novel by Dennis Lehane that was published in 2001.
		It was made into an Oscar-winning film Mystic River (Best Actor, Best Supportng Actor) by Clint Eastwood in 2003.
		It was also nominated for 4 other Academy Awards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mystic_River_(book) (298 words)

	Harvard Gazette: HFA hosts 'Mystic River' homecoming
		Although glimpses of cappuccino bars and SUVs hint at the film's subtext of a city in transition, "Mystic River" stands proudly in the unglamorous glare of working-class Boston.
		He warned that "Mystic River" would not provide two hours of light entertainment and leave a feel-good glow.
		Hollywood came to Cambridge Monday night (Oct. 6), as the area premiere of the Boston-bred film "Mystic River" festooned Sanders Theatre with more glitz than is customary on a weeknight in Harvard Square.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2003/10.09/13-mystic.html (1035 words)

	Film Reviews Mystic River
		Mystic River is based on a novel by Dennis Lehane, but structurally and thematically it falls right into a familiar pattern.
		Mystic River is not just a magnificent film, but another magnificent film in what would be an unbroken line of them if it weren’t for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (oh, well).
		Set in a tough Irish neighborhood on the Mystic River which, in the movie, is identified as Boston, a geographic impossibility, and which is no doubt Somerville, we’re introduced to three kids playing street hockey: Jimmy, Sean, and Dave.
	www.henrysheehan.com /reviews/mno/mystic-river.html (1047 words)

	Mystic River - Movie Reviews
		The author of the novel "Mystic River", Dennis Lehane, can be seen waving from the back of a convertible in the parade sequence.
		Mystic River is the latest offering by director Clint Eastwood.
		I give Mystic River 3 ½ out of 5 stars well worth seeing.
	mymotherthecar.com /Films/Mystic-River.html (623 words)

	Mystic River Movie review
		Clint Eastwood's moody, dark movie of Dennis Lehane's novel "Mystic River" is one of his best films as a director, topped only by "Unforgiven." This new film examines the result of a childhood trauma on three boyhood friends, and the ever-widening circles of other people it affects, directly and indirectly.
		The only serious failing of "Mystic River" is that it's hard to identify with the characters; each is so troubled, so dark that they remain at arm's length.
		Sean, Jimmy and Dave are friends, about 12, living in the same suburb in south Boston, near the Mystic River.
	www.audiorevolution.com /movies/mysticriver (1416 words)

	IGN: Exclusive Premiere: Mystic River Teaser Trailer
		Eastwood told The New Yorker, "Mystic River centers on three working-class friends: Jimmy, played by Sean Penn; Dave, by Tim Robbins; and Sean, by Kevin Bacon – and how their lives have been haunted by an incident of sexual abuse in the past.
		The official plot summary says, "Mystic River tells the story of three men whose dark, interwoven history forces them to come to terms with a brutal murder on the mean streets of Boston."
		May 29, 2003 - We've got a special treat for you today, courtesy of Warner Bros., a first look at the trailer for Clint Eastwood's Mystic River.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/421/421373p1.html (382 words)

	Mystic river - SurferPilot.com
		Lehane's new novel, MYSTIC RIVER, is a character study in the clothing of a police procedural.
		Mystic River will likely be a strong contender for the Oscars because of its dynamic quality and outstanding performances.
		MYSTIC RIVER by KJ Doughton (2003-10-21), “Mystic River” is a character-driven murder mystery that keeps us guessing in more ways than one.
	surferpilot.com /q/mystic-river.html (770 words)

	Mystic River
		Brian Helgeland's screenplay for Mystic River hews closely to the popular page-turner of a novel by Dennis Lehane, a dark story set in working-class Boston.
		Mystic River adeptly juggles the intersecting story lines of the three principals--the police procedural centered on Sean, the history and vengeance of Jimmy, and the tortured, schizoid pressures still gnawing at Dave.
		By any measure, though, Mystic River is riveting moviemaking in the popular vein.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies7/MysticRiver.htm (575 words)

	Mystic River
		"Mystic River's" script by Brian Helgeland, based on Dennis Lehane's novel, deals with the repercussions of child molestation, a topic of vital importance and one of boundless possibilities.
		"Mystic River" is arguably his most ambitious film since his multi-Oscar winner, "Unforgiven." But it lacks the power and depth of that film's dynamic script by David Webb Peoples.
		Ultimately, the film is too neat and logical to deal with the messiness of lives made forever dysfunctional by an act of incalculable violence.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1998664 (831 words)

	Political Film Society - Mystic River
		Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood, is a murder mystery, based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, which takes place in working class East Buckingham close to the river that runs near Boston's Logan Airport.
		An apparent reworking of the true story told in Sleepers (1996), Mystic River demonstrates that the desire for revenge may produce criminal acts in otherwise decent people, whether unleashed because of the death of one's own child or due to the long-lasting psychological effect of teenage sexual abuse.
		One day the murdered body of Katie (played by Emmy Rossum), Sean's nineteen-year-old daughter, is discovered in a park; the same day David beats to death a child molester, whom he dumps into the Mystic, but that body is not discovered.
	www.geocities.com /polfilms/mysticriver.html (551 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Mystic River
		A tense and unnerving psychological thriller, Mystic River is also an epic novel of love, loyalty, faith, and family.
		Mystic River, then, arrives as a bit of a gamble, as Lehane moves from the sharp edges of portraiture to the broader strokes of landscape.
		Mystic River shows the weakness in Lehane's sensibility.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380731851?v=glance (551 words)

	Mystic river - SurferPilot.com
		Lehane's new novel, MYSTIC RIVER, is a character study in the clothing of a police procedural.
		A tense and unnerving psychological thriller, Mystic River is also an epic novel of love, loyalty, faith, and family.
		Mystic River will likely be a strong contender for the Oscars because of its dynamic quality and outstanding performances.
	surferpilot.com /q/mystic-river.html (770 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - The Review - Festival with a Clint in its eye
		One of the most acclaimed titles at Cannes this year, Mystic River is his most substantial and fully realised work in close to a decade.
		Mystic River has its UK premiere at the 57th Edinburgh International Film Festival - UGC, August 21, 6pm, and August 22, 9pm, and opens nationwide on October 24.
		Adapted from a novel by Dennis Lehane, it is a brooding, mature thriller that carries strong echoes of Unforgiven in its exploration of the evil that men do and the inescapable legacy of violence.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /thereview.cfm?id=758912003 (770 words)

	0688163173
		In a masterful departure from the Boston-based hard-boiled mysteries he’s known for, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) offers an atmospheric psychological thriller set in a 1950s asylum for the criminally insane.
		I read this book two years ago and as result of this, I read several other novels by the author.
		He’d been gunning for an assignment on the island for reasons of his own—but before long he wonders whether he hasn’t been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister.
	book.awardannals.com /detail/0688163173 (673 words)

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