The other major character is Whitey ( Laurence Fishburne), Sean's police partner. All are married Jimmy to a second wife, Annabeth ( Laura Linney), who helps him bring up his oldest daughter and two of their own Dave to Celeste ( Marcia Gay Harden), who has given him a son Sean to an absent, pregnant wife who calls him from time to time but never says anything.
The film centers on the three friends: Jimmy ( Sean Penn), an ex-con who now runs the corner store Dave ( Tim Robbins), a handyman, and Sean ( Kevin Bacon), a homicide detective.
