Oliver Boltovski You absolutely have to see this movie. It really highlights the problems in the South and how racism was such a common theme back then (and maybe even to some extent today). The ending will make you so angry, but make you cry as well.The acting was extraordinary, the camera work really captivated how the characters felt and made us relate to them really well so we could understand why they felt like they did. Every scene has purpose.It truly is something you just have to experience. I can't put it into words.

sarasirop The story takes place less than 100 years ago in the American South. Segregated, inhumanized ... silenced. The palpable oppression of almost all characters is claustrophobic and disheartening. To imagine this time is a memory for some - a parent or grandparent's story to others, is almost unbelievable - which is exactly why this movie should be seen. Lest we forget. Not just what these men did for our freedom, but what happened when their 'hero's journey' ended. Coming home only to fight a new battle of prejudice, ignorance, and extreme maliciousness. The internal, eternal, battle of right and wrong. So yeah. I cried. A lot.On a visual note, the colours and narrative are heart wrenchingly poetic. The Mississippi landscape is beautiful and surprisingly unforgiving. Visually it's dirty, and brown, juxtaposed against the lush greens and kaleidoscopic skies is a respite for all the heartache - which I think the characters themselves might agree. They are each simply searching for home, for peace, for humanity. Aren't we all.

Hot 888 Mama . . . bad things happened to a particular group of Americans, MUDBOUND reports. If MUDBOUND had played in all of the Confederate State movie theaters in the 1940s, perhaps it would have shown the grandparents of Today's KGB enablers the error of their ways. Such a more timely release of MUDBOUND may have warded off the Birmingham church bombing and Mississippi Burning, while eliminating the need for Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, Bus Boycotts, and Bridge Battles. Possibly mandatory MUDBOUND sensitivity training sessions would have made these 1900s Southern Racists too self-conscious and ashamed to reproduce, solving the USA's "Race Problem" once and for all. (As an added benefit, this would have allowed all of the folks speaking normal American dialects to spread out Down South, giving all of us more "elbow room.") Unfortunately, releasing MUDBOUND three generations too late could well do more harm than good. Just as a Presidential Commission concluded that the initial version of the TV miniseries ROOTS reached back centuries to ignite dangerous "blowback" in the late 1900s, perhaps a future White House post-mortem will conclude that MUDBOUND kicked over an even bigger hornet's nest.

SnoopyStyle Henry McAllan (Jason Clarke) and his long suffering wife Laura (Carey Mulligan) with their kids live on his father Pappy (Jonathan Banks)'s dirt poor Mississippi farm. His brother Jamie (Garrett Hedlund) returns from the war as a bomber pilot. The Jacksons (Rob Morgan, Mary J. Blige) have worked for the family. Their son Ronsel Jackson (Jason Mitchell) also returns from the war.The inciting incident happens midway through the movie. It needs to happen sooner. The first half meanders too much leaving the movie with a grinding pace. The second half of this over two hours movie is much more compelling as the characters' relationships are expanded. The friendship between Ronsel and Jamie is the heart and the soul of this movie which only arises after the incident. There is some muddy beauty in the cinematography. It is effective work from filmmaker Dee Rees.