Mud

First and foremost, it’s another splendid showcase for the ongoing McConaughey Renaissance: He plays Mud as if Tom Sawyer had grown up and gone horrifically wrong, effortlessly projecting rascally charm with a hint of underlying menace.

A bold, intelligent, 21st century take on Mark Twain — with added occult tendencies.

Både Sheridan och Ray McKinnon, som spelar hans pappa, är fängslande och svåra att slita blicken ifrån. Dessutom gör Sam Shephard kanske sitt livs mest klockrena skådespelarinsats i en liten roll som Muds gamle beskyddare.

...a thrilling, unapologetically sweet and occasionally melodramatic coming-of-ager that confidently handles a variety of themes...

...Nichols yokes his hypermasculine stories – of blood feuds and gruff family men buckling under the stress of being a provider – to a soulful romanticism.