Directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Sean Penn, you can not go wrong with that combination. I had been wanting to see this movie for a long time. It lived up to it's billing. A drama about the lives of three boys growing up in an urban neighborhood in Boston. The boys grow up to be three very contrasting adults, but are always held together by something that happened one summer day during their childhood. Although sometimes a bit overly melodramatic, the story is well written and acted. I cried at one point which is always the sign of a good movie/tragedy in my book.