Mud

2013 "Running from his past. Hiding from the law. Only one way out."
7.4| 2h10m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 26 April 2013 Released
Producted By: FilmNation Entertainment
Country: United States of America
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Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape.

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Wordiezett So much average
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Wuchak RELEASED IN 2012-2013 and written & directed by Jeff Nichols, "Mud" is a southern gothic crime drama taking place in Arkansas along the Mississippi River where two boys discover a fugitive named Mud (Matthew McConaughey) hiding out on an island and decide to help him evade the authorities & vigilantes that are on his trail in hope of reuniting him with his true love, Juniper (Reese Witherspoon). This is a film about authentic Southern people and the code by which they live. Urbanized types usually refer to them as "rednecks." While some of them may be "white trash," most of them are not. They're independent of the government, hardworking and respectful citizens, not to mention rooted in Christian morality, although not necessarily Christians. The film respects the intelligence of the viewer, leaving it to him/her to read between the lines. It's similar to "Joe," which was released a year later, but not as abrasively pessimistic and is overall better. In tone, it's akin to "Undertow" (2004) and "Snow Angels" (2007). If you appreciate those flicks, you'll like "Mud." There are a lot of gems to mine: Ellis (Tye Sheridan) mirrors Mud as an adolescent. Will he make the same mistakes that brought Mud to his current state? The movie's basically a rumination on the potential in both masculinity and femininity for good or bad, but the focus is more on the toxicity of some women, which is refreshing, as Hollywood tends to paint men as evil incarnate or thoroughly inept while women are usually sterling examples of eminent nobility (Why Sure!). The film also reveals the idealization of love and how "love is blind." Just because you truly love someone in a romantic sense doesn't mean s/he is good for you and that you should develop & maintain a relationship. I was never a fan of Witherspoon, but didn't dislike her either. In any case, she's quite good as the seemingly innocent-yet-toxic love interest. Bonnie Sturdivant is excellent as her teenage counterpart, May Pearl; they should've done more with her. THE MOVIE RUNS 2 hour 10 minutes and was shot in Arkansas (Crocketts Bluff, Eudora, Dumas and Stuttgart). ADDITIONAL CAST: Sam Shepard, Michael Shannon, Paul Sparks and Joe Don Baker. GRADE: B/B+
sergelamarche Englishes with a good sense of entitlement get in trouble but are still entitled to everything they find, and the people they find as well. This reminds me Le petit Prince, when the fox asked to be apprivoisé. Here, Mud and the two boys apprivoisent each other in the most natural way. The film is really holding water up to the end. However, relationships holding water since long time are them starting to sink. Add to this some mysteries, love, non-love, and a murderous vengeful gang and there is the recipe for the evening watch. Good evening.
quiqueg-94134 First-the summary of this movie reminds me of one older movie from the 90s, as two boys meet an escaped convict and in the end the prisoner shoots one of the boys, but is being shot in the end from the injured boy's brother in revenge, or defense. My criteria to rate a movie are special effects and stunts- fights and gunshots look real. language-If people talk with sophisticated phrases the language won't appear to be spontaneous but the result of a writer. Outdoor scenery-gives typical impression of the misissippi region. The end-In this case the end does not seem to be from a true story. However, a movie is only based on a true story if phrase like "this movie is based on true facts" is placed in its introduction or final declaration. One key scene is as the officer asks "do you know this man" and the boy says first "No" but asks"What did he do". Does the officer suspect the boy is lying?
jaydeetee-19255 A teenage boy, who lives with his struggling parents on an old houseboat on a river in Louisiana, and his best friend discover an old boat resting in a tree on a nearby island. The boys, looking for adventure, decide to take owner-ship of the wrecked boat, only to find that a stranger, a man named Mud has other ideas about that boat. Mud (played by Matthew McConaughry) tells the two boys about his early life there in the same Louisiana locale, and about his love for the pretty girl he fell in love with in his youth. He then asks them to help in restoring the boat so that he can re-unite with his first love. The boys are at first apprehensive, but one of them, love struck with a girl a couple years older than himself, decides to help and his friend relents and goes along with the plan. They soon discover that Mud is a man on the run, but they still continue to assist him in his quest. This is a little coming-of-age tale with enough warmth and suspense to make a viewing well worthwhile. The cast is excellent, and the sense-of-place is near perfect.