PG-13 (2:10)
Limited release 4/26/2013
Viewed Wed. afternoon during inservice week at the Loft, by myself
RT Critic: 99% Audience: 88%
Cag: 3.5/ Liked it, but I've been watching a lot of action flics lately and this was a little slow....
Directed by Jeff Nichols
Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions
My reaction: This "coming of age" story was a really good movie. Love. What is it? How often does it destroy? They seem to be making movies longer lately, and this was certainly one of them. (The new seats at the Loft helped, it was in the upstairs theater and the old seats were unsittable for more than 20 minutes!) The two young men playing the leads were wonderful actors. The setting, on the river in Arkansas, seemed pretty bleak, and the acting was wonderful. There were a number of places that I coulnd't understand what Matthew McConaughey said, but that didn't impact the story. The made one of his front teeth a little crooked and chipped, what a perfect addition to his ultimate characterization of this character. And YAY SAM SHEPARD!
Rotten Tomato Summary: Mud is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who 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 abeautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.
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