Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.
"Running from his past. Hiding from the law. Only one way out."
Top Billed Cast
Matthew McConaughey
Mud
Reese Witherspoon
Juniper
Tye Sheridan
Ellis
Jacob Lofland
Neckbone
Sam Shepard
Tom
Ray McKinnon
Senior
Sarah Paulson
Mary Lee
Michael Shannon
Galen
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
W WuchakVerified TMDB Critic
2018-03-24
To love or not love in Arkansas along the Mississippi
RELEASED IN 2012-2013 and written & directed by Jeff Nichols, “Mud” is a southern gothic crime drama taking place in Arkansas along the Mississippi River where two boys discover a fugitive named Mud (Matthew McConaughey) hiding out on an island and decide to help him evade the authorities & vigilantes that are on his trail in hope of reuniting him with his true love, Juniper (Reese Witherspoon).
This is a film about authentic Southern people and the code by which they live. Urbanized types usually refer to them as “rednecks.�...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2024-08-17
In a way, there was something slightly Dickensian about this story of two small urchins who regularly zip about the Mississippi river on their boat. There must have been an hurricane recently as on one stop, they discover a boat lodged firmly in the branches of a tree. After a quick inspection, they realise it's had a recent resident and as they are about to leave they are introduced to "Mud" (Matthew McConaughey). "Ellis" (Tye Sheridan) is a bit more engaged with this enigmatic stranger than his pal "Neckbone" (a solid effort from Jacob Lofland) and agrees to bring him some food and then help...
