Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Quite similar to Mystic River, which isn't surprising since both are based on stories by the same author (Dennis Lehane). Casey Affleck looks pretty boyish to be hobnobbing with the stars of Boston's criminal underworld, but it helps that the other characters in the movie acknowledge and needle him for it.

The plot doesn't proceed in a typical mystery fashion; in fact, for the middle third of the film, I was wondering if they were really going to wrap things up the way they seemed to be. (Ah, trying to write about a mystery without spoilers.)

One watch check. The film ran 130 minutes when it could easily have been 110, though at the same time part of its languid pace allows the audience to ponder the moral complexity of the choices the characters have to make, and reminded me while watching of the paralysis I often feel when faced with those moments.