Damn you, OGIC, for being smarter than me. I wrote a print-media review of Mystic River (the piece hasn’t run yet, but will be posted in the right-hand column in the next week or so), and I didn’t say one thing about Laura Linney, whom I adore and admire without reserve and whose small but staggering bit at the end of the film deserved all the praise you gave it. What’s more, it does change the total effect of Mystic River…but did I mention it? Nooooooooo.
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
