Mud currently has an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 and has been rated by 426 users on our platform.
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.
Read full review at The A.V. ClubA bold, intelligent, 21st century take on Mark Twain — with added occult tendencies.
Read full review at EmpireMatthew M. is really good as always and the kids play perfect too. It's a great and entertaining thriller. But the closure is very unrealistic!
...a thrilling, unapologetically sweet and occasionally melodramatic coming-of-ager that confidently handles a variety of themes...
Read full review at Little White Lies...Nichols yokes his hypermasculine stories – of blood feuds and gruff family men buckling under the stress of being a provider – to a soulful romanticism.
Read full review at The Austin ChronicleBåde 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.
Read full review at Dagens Nyheter...en film om forsøget på at finde en vej i livet og forene denne med frihed og ansvar.
Read full review at CinemazoneFilmens styrke er det emotionelle bånd mellem drengene og Mud: drengenes stærke behov for, at Mud vinder på deres og på menneskehedens vegne i en verden, der rent moralsk er blevet et uigennemskueligt morads.
Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko...en film som lyckas kombinera både äventyr och thriller utan att falla i stereotypfällan som så ofta sker för dessa genrer.
Read full review at MoviezineMest berörande är samspelet mellan Ellis och Mud, två tidlösa romantiker som plockade ur ett paradis hotat av giftormar.
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