Mud

Mud

98%
  • PG-13, 2 hr. 11 min.
  • Drama
  • Directed By:
    Jeff Nichols (VI)
    In Theaters:
    Apr 26, 2013 Limited
    On DVD:
    Aug 6, 2013
  • Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions
  • Mud
    2 minutes 51 seconds
    Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Mud: Sent Us
    1 minutes 14 seconds
    Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Mud: Clip 2
    2 minutes 59 seconds
    Added: Jan 10, 2013

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Mud Reviews

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Will Leitch
Deadspin

All the women in this movie are shrews, liars and/or emasculators.

Full Review Source: Deadspin | Original Score: C+

June 23, 2013
Simon Abrams
The Playlist

Mud is as unmoving as it is because it doesn't aspire to be anything other than a competent anti-fairy tale in which the paint-by-number morals are enforced by equally obvious main protagonists.

Full Review Source: The Playlist | Original Score: C

April 22, 2013
David Fear
Time Out New York
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What sounds like Huckleberry Finn on the page, however, ends up like a stock melodrama onscreen.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York

May 26, 2012
Al Alexander
The Patriot Ledger

Other than pacing problems that needlessly stretch the film past the two-hour mark, 'Mud' slings the dirt and sweat with the best of them, as it both mourns and celebrates a way of life that's all but disappeared.

Full Review Source: The Patriot Ledger | Original Score: B

May 13, 2013
Erik McClanahan
The Playlist

Every scene, moment and shot of Mud is spot-on, necessary, and adds to the whole, making for a satisfying film experience that will please many a varied filmgoer's taste.

Full Review Source: The Playlist | Original Score: A

April 25, 2013

The disappointing denouement is far outweighed by the overall strength of the journey to that resolution.

Full Review Source: The Skinny | Original Score: 4/5

May 9, 2013
Greg Evans
Bloomberg News

Buy a boat in a tree, and you'll buy anything. And so we do in "Mud," Jeff Nichols's yarn about a charming outlaw on the run, drizzled with Tennessee Williams lyricism and Huck-and-Tom adventure.

Full Review Source: Bloomberg News

April 26, 2013
John Serba
MLive.com

Jeff Nichols writes characters with depth, nurtures strong performances form his cast and allows the screenplay's backwater setting to effectively create tone and texture.

Full Review Source: MLive.com | Original Score: 4/4

May 31, 2013
Steve Macfarlane
Slant Magazine

The film ultimately succeeds thanks to small details, from its deep-fried lingo and the swampy texture of its location photography to its uniformly expert cast.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Original Score: 3/4

April 23, 2013
Matt Donato
We Got This Covered

I so wish I had the "Wrap It Up" box from Chappelle's Show, because if I could have hit it around the hour and forty five minute mark during Mud, it would have added another star onto my review.

Full Review Source: We Got This Covered | Original Score: 6/10

April 22, 2013
Matthew Odam
Austin American-Statesman

The movie, like adolescence, is a rich and emotional experience that jolts and jangles with a sense of wonder, mystery and discovery.

Full Review Source: Austin American-Statesman | Original Score: A-

April 25, 2013
Witney Seibold
CraveOnline

It's rare that films manage to capture the actual experience of what it is like to be a child, but 'Mud' seems to nail the ethos.

Full Review Source: CraveOnline | Original Score: 8/10

April 27, 2013
Ty Cooper
HeyUGuys

Though it is unlikely that Mud will live up to the expectations of those who were floored by Jeff Nichols' last film Take Shelter, it is still a powerful film in it's own right.

Full Review Source: HeyUGuys | Original Score: 4/5

January 19, 2013
Chris Sawin
Examiner.com

Mud is a captivating drama with well-rounded characters and fantastic performances from its three leads.

Full Review Source: Examiner.com | Original Score: 8.5/10

April 26, 2013
Mark Ellis
Schmoes Know

Thank you Joe Nicholl for reminding me that I don't just love movies for wookies and capes and guys in iron suits. Still pumped for IM3 though.

Full Review Source: Schmoes Know | Original Score: 5/5

April 19, 2013
Donald Clarke
Irish Times

Mud is, perhaps, a little longer than it needed to be, but few sensitive viewers will begrudge Nichols his indulgence. This director is the real thing.

Full Review Source: Irish Times | Original Score: 4/5

May 10, 2013

This is American cinema at its very best as Huckleberry Finn meets Stand By Me.The two boys are terrific and McConaughey is sensational as Mud, dazzlingly frazzled as the hunted and haunted man on the run.

Full Review Source: UTV | Original Score: 8/10

May 24, 2013
Cameron Williams
The Popcorn Junkie

A stripped back approach to tracking the process of growing up, but lacks the faith to see the plan executed to the end

Full Review Source: The Popcorn Junkie | Original Score: 3/5

June 18, 2013
Guy Lodge
Time Out
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There's an argument to be made that there's a calculated degree of cliché to this sweet, Southern-fried fairytale, that Nichols is paying tribute here to his more mainstream inspirations.

Full Review Source: Time Out | Original Score: 3/5

May 31, 2012
Alan Scherstuhl
Village Voice
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McConaughey, of course, is excellent.

Full Review Source: Village Voice

April 23, 2013
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