Mud

  • Theatrical - Limited 2013-04-26

JoBlo's Rating

8/10

Synopsis

MUD is an adventure about two boys, Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and his friend Neckbone (Jacob Lofland), who find a man named Mud (Matthew McConnaughey) hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios—he killed a man in... See more 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 (Reese Witherspoon), 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.

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PLOT: Two boys happen upon an outlaw in hiding and help him repair a boat and elude the men who are hunting him. REVIEW: Jeff Nichols is quickly becoming one of my favorite new directors. His 2007 debut, SHOTGUN STORIES,...

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Review: Mud (Sundance 2013)

PLOT: Two Arkansas boys, Ellis and Neckbone, stumble upon a mysterious stranger, who calls himself Mud (Matthew McConaughey) and lives in a boat that happens to be shipwrecked in a tree. They agree to supply the charismatic stranger with food...