Mud (2012) (original) (raw)

Two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios�he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn�t long until Mud�s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.

Two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios�he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn�t long until Mud�s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow. (less)

Director: Jeff Nichols
Writer: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Paulson, Ray McKinnon
Producers: Lisa Maria Falcone, Sarah Green, Aaron Ryder

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Review by Brian Orndorf, April 25, 2013

8 / 10

The power of great cinema is a special thing. With �Mud,� the screening audience I attended the film with fell in love with the picture, physically and verbally invested in story and character to a degree I haven�t been exposed to in a very long time. It was a unique moviegoing adventure for a classically conceived effort, standing somewhere between a Mark Twain novel and a David Gordon Green feature (at least one where he�s not trying to be funny). Somber and engrossing, �Mud� is like paging through a terrific book containing a few dull chapters, with writer/director Jeff Nichols (�Take Shelt ...read more...

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