Mudbound

“Mudbound” is all about perception.

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This is a big movie, about big emotions and ideas, which Rees evokes and explores through an extraordinarily rich tapestry of atmosphere, physical setting, visual detail and sensitive, subtle performances.

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Mudbound is a daring approach to a classical narrative, a look from multiple perspectives at an intimate human drama.

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It’s a work of historical imagination that lands in the present with disquieting, illuminating force.

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Mudbound is a deeply felt American tale told with heart and humanity.

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Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige, Garrett Hedlund and Jason Mitchell star in Dee Rees' ensemble drama about an unlikely friendship that yields racial violence in post-WWII Mississippi.

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A vividly acted, dramatically rich depiction, harsh and beautiful, of life and death in 1940s Mississippi, following two families of intertwined destinies.

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“I wanted this to be the kind of movie they don’t make anymore,” director Dee Rees said at a recent screening of “Mudbound.” And she’s done it.

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Dee Rees's story of one black and one white family struggling in WW II-era South couldn't be more timely.

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Dee Rees’s film scrutinizes how World War II laid bare the unsustainable hypocrisy in America’s bigoted divisions.

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The ambitious Mudbound gives a prestige literary epic the soul of a character study.

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“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.

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The story of two farming families living in rural Mississippi, dealing with poverty, hardship and, in the case of sharecroppers the Jacksons, the rampant racism of the time.

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Filled with scenes both broad and understated, Mudbound may take some time to find an engaging rhythm and poignant depth, but once it does, the powerful last act will not be soon forgotten.

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Dee Rees’s rich, absorbing story set in pre- and postwar Mississippi and based on Hillary Jordan’s novel is beautifully directed and performed.

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Two 1940s Mississippi farming families, one white, the other black, reveal Americans' ongoing struggles in this epic adaptation of the Hillary Jordan novel.

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Brutal race relations drama is well worth wading through.

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Rees uses voice-overs to bring the many characters to life, but the text is thin; the movie’s exposition is needlessly slow and stepwise, and the drama, though affecting, is literal and oversimplified.

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Dee Rees’ follow-up to “Pariah” and “Bessie” is a sweeping saga but also a letdown.

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