Sean, a supposedly competent investigator, never even considers either of those two possibilities, and focuses first on Dave, solely because Dave is acting squirrelly (although Dave has been acting squirrelly all his life) and then on Brendan, because of the weapon and because he's the boyfriend.

He is interfering in the investigation he claims to be looking for the real killer, but that's what OJ said too. He's not given a motive, but he is a criminal and a killer. It might have been his gun, or he might have taken the gun from Ray when he killed him. She is shown as a viciously unpleasant person and she might think that killing Jimmy's beloved daughter is more severe and more fitting retribution than killing Jimmy himself.Īnother suspect is Jimmy, the victim's father. Now the obvious suspect is Esther: assuming it was Ray's gun, she had access to the murder weapon, and she certainly had a motive, revenge for the murder of her husband.

The gun used to kill Katie was also used in a robbery perpetrated by Jimmy and Ray many years ago.

Esther (Brendan's mother and Ray's widow) and the police know this but Brendan does not.

Jimmy some years ago murdered Ray, Brendan's father.

The same night, Dave came home badly injured and in shock he claimed that he was mugged and managed to wound or kill his attacker only Celeste knows this.

Katie was shot several times and left to die in a ditch.

It's a murder mystery and by three-quarters of the way through the film, the following facts have been established:

Dave, a childhood friend of Jimmy and Sean.

Sean, a police detective and a childhood friend of Jimmy.In fact, there is only one problem with the movie: it makes no fucking sense at all. It's well-acted, well-shot, meditative without seeming slow. It won a prize at Cannes, a César, a couple of Golden Globes, and a bunch of other award.Īnd it deserved them. Confidential, The film was nominated for six Oscars, winning two. The screenplay was written by Brian Helgeland, who also wrote L.A. So I finally got around to watching Mystic River, Clint Eastwood's 2003 neo-noir mystery, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney, from the book by Dennis Lehane, who also wrote Gone Baby Gone and Shutter Island.

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