Mud

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Mud

PG-13

2013

2h 10m

Drama

Adventure

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While exploring a Mississippi River island, Arkansas boys Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland) encounter Mud (Matthew McConaughey), a fugitive who needs their help. Though Mud killed a man in Texas and has bounty hunters on his trail, he is most concerned about reuniting with Juniper (Reese Witherspoon), the love of his life. Ellis, who is suffering the pangs of his first crush, agrees to help Mud. He and Neckbone do all they can to protect Mud and help him reunite with Juniper.

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Critics Consensus

Bolstered by a strong performance from Matthew McConaughey in the title role, Mud offers an engaging Southern drama that manages to stay sweet and heartwarming without being sappy.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

09/05/2017

4/5

Its beguiling mix of naturalism and fabulism will appeal to adults who'd like to see a version of Beasts Of The Southern Wild with fewer fairy lights.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

04/23/2015

A

The type of film that's miraculously heartwarming, while also mournful and filled with sorrow.

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Mary Corliss

TIME Magazine

01/01/2014

Glorious vision of youth and truth, love and loss, your name is Mud.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

08/20/2024

B+

McConaughey, Sheridan, and Lofland carry the film and make Mud one of the year’s best films...

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Sean Axmaker

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05/06/2023

... a story of childhood adventure steeped in the rural culture of life on the Mississippi and the mythology of Huckleberry Finn, but this boy’s adventure is also tangled in the world of adults and family bonds.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

05/01/2023

4.5/5

A film that mixes the intimate with the epic, thrilling action with slow-burning drama, Mud is a searing 2012 slice of Southern US-set cinema which rivals the brilliant Beasts of the Southern Wild from the same year.

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gary g

Jan 14

Really enjoyable movie. I would have given it a little higher review but for (in my opinion) losing its way at the end. It was like all of a sudden we're in a Mafia flick. And I'm still not sure if Michael Shannon's ( whom I love) part was really necessary. But as I said, it's an enjoyable movie and I would definitely recommend it.

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Nicholas I

@Nickybags Jan 6

From top to bottom, this film nails it. Performances, cinematography, story, pace, tone, score. Loved it.

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Bobby M.

@rmack100 Dec 26

Great film! I feel like anyone could find this movie interesting. Could even see a pre-qual coming from this.

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Calvin T

@Calvin504 Dec 4

Solid acting.....story was just ok

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Laurian D

@Laurian Sep 28

Not much happens here. This kind of (pretty generic) story should have been told in about 90 minutes but it dragged for more than two hours and featured a pretty convenient and inplausible conclusion. Worth a watch and that's about it.

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Jeremiah C

@Jeremiah_Cobra Aug 10

Not a particularly complex film, but it does feature a poignant depiction of love and the loss of it. McConaughey and Sheridan are fantastic in it, and the others do a good enough job with their roles to keep me invested in the story, which lacks in substance and intrigue. It is not an action film, a thriller, or a love story, but it keeps teasing that it might become one or all of the three at any moment. But nothing happens. I don’t think anyone wins or loses anything. That the movie never becomes much of anything by the end besides a glimmer of hope for the young protagonist’s future love life left me looking for another far more interesting movie as soon as the credits rolled.

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Synopsis

While exploring a Mississippi River island, Arkansas boys Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland) encounter Mud (Matthew McConaughey), a fugitive who needs their help. Though Mud killed a man in Texas and has bounty hunters on his trail, he is most concerned about reuniting with Juniper (Reese Witherspoon), the love of his life. Ellis, who is suffering the pangs of his first crush, agrees to help Mud. He and Neckbone do all they can to protect Mud and help him reunite with Juniper.

Director: Jeff Nichols
Producer: Lisa Maria Falcone, Sarah Green, Aaron Ryder
Screenwriter: Jeff Nichols
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: FilmNation, Brace Cove
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual References|Language|Smoking|Some Violence|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 10, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 6, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.6M
Runtime: 2h 10m

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