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9/14/17 morris campbell good & haunting film 9/11/15 misterfilms poor films. i'm glad Academy gave LOTR Best Picture 1/25/14 Simon Sleek direction& raw acting, but too deliberate&muddled. Awful end w/Linney's 'king' speech 2/25/12 brian poor cinema tography, crap screenplay. disjointed,over dramatic Penn. .need i say more 12/29/09 Chad Dillon Cooper Great movie by a great director. 11/20/09 Jeff Wilder Eastwood's best film as a director. 10/01/08 PAUL SHORTT SHOWS YOU CAN PILE ON A LOT OF FREIGHT AND STILL END UP WITH A BARGE 9/28/07 mr.mike good mystery/thriller. Robbins is a stand-out. 9/08/06 Thomas Semesky Predictable. There are better movies from 2003 worth seeing. 8/26/06 cpbjr very good 6/25/06 MP Bartley The more you see it, the more artificiality becomes apparent. Still packs a punch though. 1/01/06 Tanya Sean penn is always great in his movies 12/21/05 Carolyn Rathburn Very deep movie, impressed with Penn's performance 12/09/05 Frank Rountree This movie was a disappointment, it didn't live up to it's billing 9/21/05 Indrid Cold Seems like the point is to give Penn scenes where he can cry and show off his chops. 9/13/05 ray mero Mystic seems a mighty muddy river and movie. 9/10/05 Alex what a stupid idea! and should i move out of boston? 8/19/05 ES Good movie, no idea what it was trying to say at the very end 7/25/05 Eric Rollins Penn as Brando-not, overacted,over praised,just over. 7/11/05 Brian Feiler Impossible to ignore the fine performances of sean penn and tim robbins in this one. 6/23/05 sally angwin everything that clint touches turns to gold 6/13/05 Charlene Javier Hated it the first time. Loved loved loved it the second time. 6/09/05 Agent Sands such a great movie. One of the biggest stand-outs of Clint's career. 3/26/05 Denise great 3/24/05 Michael Lloyd a very emotional film, shouldve won best picture 3/19/05 Messina Great movie if you like being hit over the head. 3/03/05 jeff very predictble, nothing special. 2/17/05 Daveman Superbly acted with muscular direction from Eastwood, lacked dramatic cohesion though. 2/12/05 Aimee Shelton Very intense and well-acted. Superb film-making! 2/05/05 Susan Chamberlain I kept watching even though I didn't want to. 2/02/05 Alice Colwell Good movie 2/01/05 Danita Berg yuck...still can't figure out what the hype is about. 2/01/05 Christy Harris Very "who done it?" loved trying to figure out 1/30/05 Frank Tells good movie 1/30/05 Christine An excellent movie and the acting was first-rate 1/29/05 Carolyn Rathburn This film was too intense for me, well acted, but not my cup of tea. 1/16/05 Charlene Javier Loved it the second time around! 1/14/05 Barry Taylor It was a good movie with a twist at the end but nothing special 1/07/05 ewen Brilliant! 12/31/04 Tjalda L. Schiel Over acted, over rated clap trap. 12/27/04 juliana sadock savino bravo to eastwood for the score. it was at once unobtrusive & essential 12/22/04 Michael OConnor Phenomenal Acting!!! 12/15/04 PHIL M. AFICIONADO Riveting and moody, with a sad story to tell through excellent acting 12/12/04 Landshark A parade of irony, hypocrisy & fate? Nope, just sound & fury signifying nothing. 11/24/04 Geoff Brilliant movie. Great direction by Eastwood (musical score too) and performances from all 11/23/04 Carly Austin Sean Penn is brilliant, as is every aspect of this movie. Watch Marcia Gay Harden too. 11/12/04 jellica sean is really increadable 11/01/04 shell Sean Penn was good, as ever, but this is a seriously flawed movie. Murray was ROBBED. 9/27/04 alicia left me breathless 9/14/04 R. Block Worst part: why throw in that scene w/ Penn IDing his daughter's body? Trite. 8/16/04 Peter James Proves in a way that A Beautiful Mind did that great acting can make a movie amazing 8/05/04 Chris a truly remarkable film. acting was amazing and story was powerful and emotional.very good 8/04/04 ownerofdajoint PENN GIVES AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE.MOVIE SHOWS HOW SOME ARE DOOMED FROM THE GET-GO! 7/28/04 Mike Devans very well done. 7/23/04 Jannet Kwan This is a somewhat confusing movie. 7/20/04 Harry J No story? Pay attention. Almost awesome. A really good story. 7/15/04 Joe Smaltz good acting no story 7/15/04 Glen Dean I didn't like the way Jimmy gets away with murder. 7/12/04 Monster W. Kung Overrated crud. Good acting doesn't make up for muddled plot and loathsome 'moral'. 7/11/04 Phil M. Aficionado EricDSnider speaks for me on this one; and, really really good acting is the key. 7/08/04 JME No car crashes? Oh yeah, this isn't typical Hollywood schlock. 7/08/04 Denise great plot 6/29/04 Len Good movie worth watching 6/26/04 Alex Robbins is superb, Penn is woefully overacting. All too dark to be worth a go 6/21/04 Dick Logan Really good, Clint done good!! Very depressing though. 6/20/04 elizaveta mesmerizing performances, truly surprising in the outcome, all too human 6/13/04 Kooler Sloppy storytelling, & Penn nearly chokes on the scenery. Death to method actors! 6/12/04 Shawn Great movie. Makes you think. 6/11/04 Butterbean Climax was unnecessarily long. Screw Penn, Robbins outshine everyone. 4/10/04 Vince Chan Excellent acting, plot was a bit thin in some spots.. long movie! 4/08/04 jscrapple huge holes in the plot and nonsensical ending 3/24/04 Chloe Brody This was fucking awesome - Penn finally got an Oscar that he really deserves... 3/10/04 brett this movie blows. it left me wondering why i spent money on it 3/09/04 Blaine Holloway oh yes im getting that!!!!! 2003: 3rd only to return of the king and last samurai! 3/09/04 Wendranh Sean Penn...grown up 3/07/04 C. Hernandez Not that great. Kevin Bacon's personal storyline seemed like an afterthought. 3/07/04 movieboy Awesome the acting made this movie and what a intersting plot had me guessing to the end 2/24/04 rhett the acting was so bad, if i wasn't with my girlfriend i would have left half way through 2/23/04 Christopher Klejdys Man, I liked this movie...but the last 15 munutes were a disaster. 2/12/04 Obi Wan Over-rated Penn Oscar talks for his IAS Snub...ending felt rushed...wait for Rental 2/08/04 Gretchen Seitz Ray Jr. didn't kill Kate! He was covering for his creepy mama! Otherwise awesome. 2/03/04 Jin Borrows heavily from Sleepers and In the Bedroom; both are better. 1/30/04 timothy briant 2 star film with 5 star actors ,dissapointing quick ending for such an intricate plot . 1/30/04 Seb Sloppy: dad and son play wiffle ball in a yard that's about 5 feet long. Duh. 1/25/04 124 should win many academy awards 1/24/04 vikram the master at work again 1/23/04 Chloe Brody Wow! Sean Penn gets more amazing with each film! 1/16/04 Ralph R. Clemente Great film and great acting. Bravo Mr. Eastwood 1/09/04 Matt Fairly ok up until the truly awful ending. Trite and forced and consequently harms the film 1/03/04 Admiral Piett Sean Penn sucks donkey balls. 1/03/04 A F Ending dragged too long. I liked most of it, but you need to know when you should END! 12/30/03 ownerofdajoint one of the greatest movies in the last ten years;don't miss it! 12/30/03 Chlo This movie was so fucking brilliant...tell me - why hasn't Sean Penn won an Oscar yet? 12/21/03 jj yes 12/16/03 Buck Neilson incongruous 12/13/03 G.W.B (lets bomb the world) JNR Go ahead make my day. Oh you just did!! 12/09/03 Agent Sands Impressively shot, with great acting, strong, tight directing, good music, & good writing. 12/07/03 admiral piett Sean Penn is in it. Enough said. 11/29/03 DM Why do we let retards like Edler onto this site? 11/29/03 jeff get real! it's an excellent film 11/26/03 Fern Jones Brilliant 11/23/03 John Bale Eastwood's film masterpiece with superb cast and craftmanship 11/20/03 Helen Bradley Great script, pace,actors & directing 11/20/03 boxcar anyone who didnt like this movie sucks 11/19/03 Edler Sucked shit out of a baboon's ass. 11/14/03 Sean Movie Critic Predictable, Long....but overall good story behind it. 11/13/03 ownerofdajoint this is truly an awesome movie 11/11/03 Jod Forget "Bridges of Madison County", Eastwood directs a masterpiece. 11/07/03 Cameron Slick The strongest film of the year with several amazing performances, quite a perplexing film. 11/04/03 John I want my money back 11/03/03 Suzz Overrated. I read the book; film lacked power and surprise. 11/03/03 malcolm Penn does his best DeNiro; what a cast! 11/03/03 carly seen "sleepers" much? this has all been done before. total pap bullshit. 11/03/03 Doc Terrible. A full hour too long; terrible editing; flat characters; SLOW, DULL, BORING! 10/30/03 melvyn masterful....well cast...psychological depth. 10/27/03 Brent Great fillm, a must see for film lovers 10/27/03 Edler Dumb story. Lots of pretentious scenes. Resolution of the mystery bites. 10/26/03 Heather Drowning in Grief and Murky Waters 10/21/03 Will Oscar worthy effort, Great acting and taulty directed. 10/21/03 Grzmlyk Most overrated acting and direction since "Philadelphia." Not one believeable moment. 10/21/03 David Great Show, here's to more films with unanswered questions when the lights come up! 10/20/03 Vince Yeah. 10/20/03 blue i loved it 10/20/03 R.W. Welch Expert direction and acting. Plot line has a couple weak spots. 10/19/03 Graham Film of the year so far 10/19/03 john wonderful acting and story without the pat, trite stuff ya sometimes see in 'who done its' 10/18/03 Nunzeo aweful. people actually got up and left. major disappointment 10/16/03 Justin C. Ayd This picture had absolute perfect direction, the acting, it was amazing. 10/16/03 lycan better than Blood Work, but then, most movies are... 10/11/03 Wendy Read the book and it was phenomenal. See the movie.

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