mystic river.....

ok, so last night we sat up and watched a friend's dvd copy of mystic river.....frankly, this movie could only have been sadder if old yellar had been shot somewhere in the plot line........sean penn and tim robbins certainly deserved the oscars they got for these performances......i do think that the screenwriters could have done a better job of building up to the revelation of the actual killers......and i was somewhat confused by laura linney's bit at the end when she seems to find the fact that sean penn caused tim robbins to 'go away' a turn-on.......i did have to go to the trouble to locate the mystic river on the map.......i don't suppose that i was aware of any river in boston save the charles........such a sad movie.....