Mudbound (2017)
Storyline
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
Directors
Cast
Carey Mulligan, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige, Kerry Cahill, Jason Kirkpatrick, Lucy Faust, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Dylan Arnold, Henry Frost, Roderick Hill, Elizabeth Windley, Rob Morgan, Rebecca Chulew, Frankie Smith, Claudio Laniado, Kennedy Derosin, Joshua J. Williams, Piper Blair
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Reviews
100
A hundred well-placed plot breadcrumbs lead us to our perfect ending, but apart from scriptwriting craft Rees gets in some bravura scenes of high tension.
91
What’s perhaps most remarkable about Mudbound is its emotional honesty, Rees rarely sidestepping the inner lives of her characters and never diminishing their own battles to live in an unlivable time, however wrongheaded they might be.
90
Mudbound requires a taste for leisurely storytelling generally more focused on building careful nuances and layered characters than on big dramatic cymbal clashes. But patient investment pays off in an epic that creeps up on you, its stealth approach laced with intelligence, elegance and an affecting balance of humanity and moral indignation.
83
While Mudbound is rooted in a precise historical moment, it’s also a sobering commentary on timeless struggles.
83
Mudbound soars thanks to the impressive performances of the ensemble cast and, notably, Rees’ intent on depicting the harsh reality of this pre-Civil Rights era, warts and all.
