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Monday, 10 June 2013

MUD [2013]

Director Jeff Nichols is fast becoming one of my favorite film-makers of odd slow-burning dramas.
The haunted coming-of-age Mark Twain-esque drama Mud is no exception.
I once disliked Matthew McConaughey but he continues to impress me with his more recent choices in roles.  It's almost as if he's been taking acting lessons from his pot-smoking buddy Woody Harrelson.  Mud explores a beauty in a part of the world and it's people we're not used to seeing in such a light and Nichols succeeds without so much as a flaw.  Already half-way through the year, I can't imagine any other film in 2013 that will be as impressive as this one.

5 tree boats out of 5

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