Mystic River vs Sparkling Cyanide

Mystic River has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 6/10 for Sparkling Cyanide). Sparkling Cyanide is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 18m. Sparkling Cyanide is the older of the two (1983 against 2003). Both are crime, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mystic River posterMystic River2003 VS Sparkling Cyanide posterSparkling Cyanide1983
Mystic RiverSparkling Cyanide
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 6.0/10
Year20031983
Length2h 18m1h 40m
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorClint EastwoodRobert Michael Lewis
Main castKevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Chapman, Tim Robbins, Laura LinneyDeborah Raffin, Josef Sommer, Anthony Andrews, Anne Rogers, Ismael 'East' Carlo

Synopsis

Mystic River

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

Sparkling Cyanide

The beautiful but unfaithful wife of a successful lawyer meets her untimely end at their anniversary dinner. After a suicide note is found soon after her death, it seems more likely that she was murdered, as all the dinner guests had good reason to want her dead.

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