8.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Mystic River (2003)
Mystic River (2003)
Overview
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Race Swap: Yes
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
8.2
Overview
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film explores universal themes of trauma, justice, and revenge through a deeply personal and moral lens, focusing on individual and community failings rather than promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies or offering partisan solutions.
Mystic River features a largely traditional cast that reflects its working-class Boston setting, without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. The narrative explores complex themes of trauma, justice, and community through its characters, but does not explicitly critique or negatively portray traditional identities.
Secondary
Detective Sergeant Whitey Powers, a character depicted as white in Dennis Lehane's source novel, is portrayed by a Black actor, Laurence Fishburne, in the film adaptation.
The film portrays a working-class Irish-Catholic community where characters' actions, driven by trauma and a desire for street justice, often contradict Christian moral teachings. While Catholicism provides a cultural backdrop for rituals like funerals, the narrative highlights the community's moral failings and the absence of redemptive or guiding influence from faith in the face of tragedy, leading to destructive outcomes.
Mystic River does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes. The story centers on the lives of three childhood friends and the investigation of a murder, with all depicted relationships and identities being heterosexual. Therefore, the film's net impact on LGBTQ+ portrayal is N/A.
The film "Mystic River" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on themes of childhood trauma, justice, and revenge among its cisgender characters, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Mystic River" is an adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel. All major characters in the film retain the same gender as established in the source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.9
7.7
Critic Ratings
8.9
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