Mystic River
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This is a great movie, And Asia I haven't been able the same since I watched "IT" either - that scared the crap out of me as a kid and i've never recovered LOL! Don't watch thrillers with your feet down :)
CD
2024-09-22 19:58:12 +0000 UTCI love Sean Penn. This movie is one of my favorites with him. 2 other movies that I love him in is Dead Man Walking, and a very young Sean Penn in At Close Range
Tracy Varner
2024-09-10 22:31:05 +0000 UTCI love Dead Man Walking!!! Would like to see them definitely react to that.
Tracy Varner
2024-09-10 19:29:20 +0000 UTCLaura Linny wasn't in The Conjuring. She was in The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Dan Gonya
2024-09-07 23:23:44 +0000 UTCHis buddy Sean knew he killed Dave but protected him the whole movie he's basically a savage boy
Ray M
2024-09-05 02:51:24 +0000 UTCSleepers is incredible, but it's really intense too. I remember writing a paper on it in college.
Dan Gonya
2024-09-04 23:10:10 +0000 UTCClint Eastwood is a master director and storyteller. He has said he never makes movies the Hollywood way, all wrapped up with a nice ribbon on top and a happy ending. His movies reflect real life, a bit too closely at times. His films certainly make you think, and you may also find yourself uneasy watching his films, not knowing exactly HOW to feel about what you just watched. He is one of the greats and shall be remembered as such long after he's gone. Another film of his I have mentioned here numerous times before, and I'll keep on mentioning, is DIRTY HARRY (1971). It is THE movie that shot him into superstardom, a position he never left. You really need to check that one out, it's one of his best and an excellent cop thriller. Asia, BJ, as usual....GREAT reaction! Thank u! Cheers!
Michael Wise
2024-09-03 18:30:55 +0000 UTCI think you guys would really like "Sleepers". One of the best books I ever read and they made it into an incredible movie. All star cast....
Paula Turner
2024-09-03 09:55:37 +0000 UTCgreat pick
jason
2024-09-03 04:54:02 +0000 UTCi want in! I'm only 39!
Dan Gonya
2024-09-02 21:13:13 +0000 UTCI honestly love yall as a couple. As a fellow southerner, will yall adopt me?? I'm 34!!
D-nastiest1intheroom
2024-09-02 06:50:49 +0000 UTCWhoever made the VIP request, great selection, imo. Just a couple of recommendations: The Town Dead Man Walking HBO anthology series: True Detective (if for nothing else, season 1)
Anthony
2024-09-01 18:46:50 +0000 UTCAwesome reaction and enjoyed watching with you!! Your reactions never disappoint!!! BJ, since your favorite is thriller crime films, be sure to check out the movie "Primal Fear" 1996 with Richard Gere and Edward Norton. It is a gripping psychological crime and legal thriller that still holds up over time. You won't be disappointed!
Kim
2024-09-01 13:02:19 +0000 UTCTo answer your question about why Kevin Bacons characters wife left. He said it directly to her on the phone. The first thing he did was apologize to her. Then he said, “I pushed you away.” His partner was right earlier in the movie. After Kevin bacon said, “I don’t know why she won’t say why she left.” Then his partner responded, “maybe YOU are the one who is supposed to say it.” And so he did, and that’s what she needed to hear and finally started talking.
Pink Martini AZ
2024-09-01 10:45:25 +0000 UTCLol! Out of curiosity what is it about the movie you don't like? It's okay if you don't like it.... everyone has different taste... and that is what I love about movies! 😁 I'm sure I'll request more that some people won't like lmao 🤣 😁
Rebecca Karsner
2024-09-01 04:19:50 +0000 UTCI think a motive for the murder was the younger brothers didn’t want their older brother, Brandon, to leave with Katie. They knew he was going to run away and they wanted him to stay.
Rose Dallman
2024-08-31 23:54:48 +0000 UTCi would rather wear jolly pantaloons as i was pushed into a vat of used syringes and three month old lipo suction waste. than watch this movie. now having said that. ty vip peeps for having they back. nothing but love for you guys!! and you pick what YOU would like to see them react n don't let others perfect descriptions of your choice dissuade you : D srsly tho thanks for supporting them that much!
Wolf
2024-08-31 23:49:43 +0000 UTCSPOILERS!! I love this movie! That’s because the original source material is a novel by Dennis Lehane. He has written some great works and the films based on those stories are always excellent. Clint Eastwood is a phenomenal Director. He knows to buy the rights of best-selling books so he can make the film. Hence “Mystic River.” I went down the same rabbit holes that Asia and BJ did when I watched this movie for the first time. If you watch it again, you’ll realize that there were clues all along, as well as red herrings. The character of Jimmy is the King of the neighborhood, a tough guy, always in charge, like a Don in Sicilian families. Remember, as a kid, how he spoke to the two men that they thought were cops? He gave everybody lip, the expression on the child actor’s face says it all. Sean, who ended up being a cop, was a good friend. He was still a follower where Jimmy was the leader. Dave ends up being the kid who was chosen, abducted and molested. That heinous childhood trauma destroyed him for life. That explains why he was so conflicted. This story takes us through Dave’s mind from his perspective. His world was upside down and backward. He didn’t know what was real. His wife ends up telling Jimmy she thinks Dave is the murderer. Why? Because Jimmy is still the head of the neighborhood, killing those who have done wrong yet financially taking care of the families left behind. I think Sean, the cop, knew that Jimmy killed Dave. Everything points in that direction, including their last conversation when Sean asks Jimmy “what did you do?” I don’t think Sean would ever go after him for the crime. As always, Sean is the follower and Jimmy is the King. He was morbidly sad until Celeste, his wife, reminds him of who he is. There is another story by Dennis Lehane, made into a film, called “The Drop.” It stars Tom Hardy and is an excellent movie. I would highly recommend it for your reaction viewing. Many thanks to the VIPs who are picking really good movies of late.
Rose Dallman
2024-08-31 23:48:48 +0000 UTCAwesome reactions!! 🥳
David Croft-Ogawa
2024-08-31 20:07:30 +0000 UTCI do not want to be heartbroken as the description to this movie describes. More comedy please
Abby
2024-08-31 20:07:08 +0000 UTCif you enjoyed this, you might really like the movie SLEEPERS. also based on true history and the atrocities that happened to kids in those old juvenile prison systems. My dad was in one, he watched that movie once - cried - wouldn't talk about it ever again about what happened in there.
Neon_ninja
2024-08-31 14:24:29 +0000 UTCInteresting little fact. The Savage brothers referenced in the film? Real set of guys in a family. My father built their home (and their lawyers home one street over - no joke), they were our neighbors. WILD Stories. I learned how to play basketball in their driveway, and my brother took Karate with them near the back bay area in Boston, they would car pool as kids70s-early 80s) lol. crazy, crazy guys.
Neon_ninja
2024-08-31 13:44:30 +0000 UTCDave and Dave’s wife 🤦🏼♀️ His wife is a great actress too ! But she was NOT in the Conjuring lol
Michele G
2024-08-31 11:40:07 +0000 UTCThanks to Rebecca for this recommendation. I was so excited to see the notification for this reaction to pop up. Every time I see this movie, I always feel so bad for Dave at the end.
MiM
2024-08-31 10:15:45 +0000 UTCIt's weird looking at Tim Robbins in the Shawshank Redemption poster behind Asia whenever Dave is in the scene. Great reaction!
Joseph Collier
2024-08-31 05:11:04 +0000 UTCAin't gonna lie, Dave killed Dave. Great movie! Makes you think about a lots of things.
Hyperion
2024-08-31 04:35:43 +0000 UTCBest Actor for Sean Penn and Best supporting for Tim Robbin’s = Great Movie!
tab
2024-08-31 03:54:10 +0000 UTCAgree. To me Gone baby gone is better. Mystic River is good but Gone is on another level. It's directed by Ben Affleck staring Casey Affleck, Amy Ryan, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman. Dennis Lehane wrote both books he also wrote Shutter Island.
Virgil Downs
2024-08-31 03:39:40 +0000 UTCNow you guys got this one under your belt, you have to watch Gone Baby Gone! Made just a few years after this, by the same mystery novelist, takes place in the same neighborhood in Boston, absolute crackerjack of a murder mystery thriller, with an awesome cast giving career best performances. Mystic River is fantastic and won all the awards, I’m my humble opinion Gone Baby Gone is just as good, if not better. Amy Ryan got a supporting actress nomination for it and I will say to my dying day she should have won, it’s not a big part but one of the best performances (of a horrible person) I have ever seen
Skip
2024-08-31 03:27:22 +0000 UTCExcellent recommendation!!!,
Skip
2024-08-31 03:21:04 +0000 UTCOh I was so excited when I saw this show up such an amazing movie glad you guys enjoyed it thank you so much! ☀️
JessicaB
2024-08-31 03:06:54 +0000 UTCI am Sam is so good !!! He’s such a great actor !
Michele G
2024-08-31 02:50:37 +0000 UTCI just looked up why Sean’s wife left; in the book his job had made him distance, she had an affair, she ended up preggo and he started wondering if it was his, she left. The reason she never says anything on the phone is she’s giving him a chance to make amends. In the final phone call he does say sorry and then that’s when she speaks. He asks her to come home and she does. That’s a summary of what I read online. I’ve always wondered too….i had no idea. I need to read the book. This movie is so good ! It’s one of my favorites ! Sean Penn is phenomenal in this!!!!
Michele G
2024-08-31 02:48:51 +0000 UTCTim Robbins, Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn! masterclass in acting AND directing by a great actor/director Clint Eastwood. Me too, fell for it and thought it was Dave, my first time watching this. BUT at the same time I knew I was watching something special and some top notch acting by Tim, Sean and Kevin. the young brother, the mute, was also Bruce Willis' son on Unbreakable.. not much of a spoiler, if you haven't seen it yet. great reaction guys! find better stash spots for your candy.
Mister Lou
2024-08-31 02:18:22 +0000 UTCJust finished watching! So glad you guys enjoyed this!! The performances in this were so great! Especially Sean Penn!! His scenes were so heavy and he was so convincing as a grieving father!! When I first saw this, I thought it was Dave most of the movie too.. the ending totally shocked me! I had almost even forgot those 2 boys were even in the film by the time the plot twist was revealed lol 😆 The girl who played Jimmy's daughter is Emmy Rossum.. she is the main character Fiona on the show Shameless. She's actually a fantastic actress and has an amazing singing voice! Anyways so glad you enjoyed this! Clint Eastwood has made some bangers!! 😁 Hope you have a wonderful night!! 😊
Rebecca Karsner
2024-08-31 02:08:59 +0000 UTCPlease consider these movies: Old school I love you man Pineapple Express This is 40 Kingpin I now pronounce you chick and Larry Sausage party Horrible bosses Wreck it Ralph Gangs of New York Shutter island 12 years a slave Wedding singer Hall pass Crash Blades of glory Hot tub Time Machine Big daddy Saving Silverman Hitch Casino Role models Knocked up Sherlock Holmes Nightcrawler Emperors new groove The town Forgetting Sarah marshall Wall E Shallow Hal Enemy of the state 7 pounds Blow Bridesmaids Anchorman Clue Gone girl Shooter Total recall Demolition man The game Fight club Bulletproof Zoolander Knives out
Kevin
2024-08-30 23:51:54 +0000 UTCIm about to watch right now!! Yes this is a tough one!
Rebecca Karsner
2024-08-30 23:13:53 +0000 UTCAwww First time watching this!!! My emotions took over right from the start🥺 Hard as it was for me to watch... I got to the end. Thanks Rebecca❤️❤️
Donna Bannister
2024-08-30 23:10:17 +0000 UTCIt would have a lasting effect on anyone.
Junior Mahan
2024-08-30 22:43:15 +0000 UTCClint Eastwood. All I have to say
Jay Rivera
2024-08-30 22:07:48 +0000 UTCThank you! Love your movie choices 🥰 starting to watch now.
Stacey Capito
2024-08-30 21:55:55 +0000 UTCI’m looking forward to watching this again; great movie!!! Gut wrenching
Jacqueline Separovich
2024-08-30 21:47:57 +0000 UTCThis is one of the BEST Sean Penn films!
Joshua Coe
2024-08-30 21:23:14 +0000 UTCI love when Asia & BJ release a reaction to one of my fave flicks on a Friday evening! Thanks VIP for this choice! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Dana
2024-08-30 21:17:19 +0000 UTCOmg this is such a good movie !!!!!!!!!!! Thank you VIP for requesting it !!!
Michele G
2024-08-30 21:11:00 +0000 UTCSean Penn is brilliant. Another good one with him in it is I Am Sam. Touching movie.
LynnC
2024-08-30 21:06:53 +0000 UTCGreat movie I believe the author of the Book also wrote Shutter Island another great movie you guys should watch.
chris
2024-08-30 20:55:05 +0000 UTCYo this is a good one!!!!!! Very underrated!!! Can’t wait!!!
Stan Ross
2024-08-30 20:53:37 +0000 UTCHope you enjoy it Donna! 😁
Rebecca Karsner
2024-08-30 20:00:52 +0000 UTCOh this is a good one
Nicole
2024-08-30 19:55:16 +0000 UTCOoohhh I've never seen this one but as always I'm ready to gooo!!! Hope y'all have a great weekend FAM💯❤️❤️
Donna Bannister
2024-08-30 19:51:34 +0000 UTCA very heavy movie with some amazing acting performances. Looking forward to this! 😊
Astrobuckshot
2024-08-30 19:48:03 +0000 UTCYou're welcome 😊 🙏
Rebecca Karsner
2024-08-30 19:47:26 +0000 UTCYES!! Can't wait to watch this when I get off work!! Something told me this would be the one you guys choose from the choices I gave you!!! I really hope you guys liked this one! 😁🫶
Rebecca Karsner
2024-08-30 19:46:44 +0000 UTCGreat movie pick VIP! I look forward to watching it after work haven't seen it in quite some time TGIF✌❤ fam!
Darth Brooks
2024-08-30 19:44:53 +0000 UTCGreat movie!! This will be great reaction
Josip Buretić
2024-08-30 19:43:44 +0000 UTCYaaaaaaassssss!!!!! A group of us have been rooting for this reaction to happen. 🥰
Stacey Capito
2024-08-30 19:43:22 +0000 UTCExcellent movie!!
Dan63
2024-08-30 19:42:45 +0000 UTC
