Mud (2012)
While exploring a Mississippi River island, Arkansas boys Ellis and Neckbone encounter Mud, a fugitive who needs their help to evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.
16 October 1971, Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
8 July 1978, Tennessee, USA
2 December 1959
7 August 1974, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
30 July 1996, Arkansas, USA
17 December 1974, Tampa, Florida, USA
5 November 1943, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
22 March 1976, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
12 February 1936, Groesbeck, Texas, USA
11 November 1996, Elkhart, Texas, USA
15 November 1957, Adel, Georgia, USA
4 November 1969, Uvalde, Texas, USA
January 01, 2014
If Mud isn't the best movie of this young year, it's certainly the most instantly satisfying.
January 01, 2014
Despite an almost sluggish pace, Nichols nevertheless finds the rhythm of Southern rural village life with its wary think-hard-before-you-speak watchfulness.
April 23, 2015
The type of film that's miraculously heartwarming, while also mournful and filled with sorrow.
June 12, 2013
For at least three-quarters of the way, this is a fine film, and one that kids and parents could see together.
May 20, 2016
Mud has a stellar cast. Nichols knows they'll do the heavy lifting for him, and his nuanced direction and thoughtful visuals lets them do exactly that.
May 17, 2013
There is an enchanted-fairy-tale aspect to Mud, but its bright, calm surface only barely disguises a strong, churning undercurrent.
January 01, 2014
An evocative highlight of the American movie year so far.
February 09, 2014
McConaughey masterpiece as a a man on the run in Mississippi.
January 01, 2014
Sadly, Nichols, who made the superb Take Shelter, gets mired in mood this time around. But there's still an evocative sense of childhood exploration, and a gritty performance by Matthew McConaughey.
May 16, 2013
A modern fairy tale, steeped in the sleepy Mississippi lore of Twain and similar American writers, and with a heart as big as the river is wide.
January 01, 2014
Glorious vision of youth and truth, love and loss, your name is Mud.
