Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.9|5.0
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Mudbound works
for its money. This strongly realistic story depicts how people support each
other across racial lines when there is trouble and shows how conflicting
agendas, coupled with both good and bad life events, work to create disparity
between people. The film shows, at a basic level, what works and what does not
work in real life. The film deserves praise for its different approach to
racism, the needs of land owners versus sharecroppers, and how soldiers sometimes
handled post-traumatic stress syndrome after World War II. The story is well
supported by its cast.
Storyline
Two
Mississippi family stories intertwine and overlap as a sharecropping family and
the farm’s new owners’ family each greet their returning World War II war
veterans.
Additional Thanks
Thank
You to Director Dee Rees for directing efforts. Thank you to Executive
Producers Teddy Schwarzman, Daniel
Steinman, Robert Teitel, Kyle Tekiela, George Tillman, Jr., and Virgil Williams
for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Laura McAllan
(Carey Mulligan), Jamie McAllan (Garrett Hedlund), Henry McAllan (Jason
Clarke), Pappy McAllan (Jonathan Banks), Hap Jackson (Rob Morgan), Florence
Jackson (Mary J. Blige), Rose Tricklebank (Kerry Cahill), Ronsel Jackson (Jason
Mitchell), Weeks (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.), Vera Atwood (Lucy Faust), Carl Atwood
(Dylan Arnold), Resl (Samantha Hoefer), and Pretty Girl (Elizabeth Ashling).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
While this movie does not work at the classic film level, it’s a worthy, solid story
that serves the late teen/adult audience.
Ben Meyers
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