Home Is Where the Heart Is
Mud
is a gem of American cinema. An Arkansan canvas on which Jeff Nichols lays a grand story on honesty, love, and home. Mud (Matthew McConaughey) is an outlaw hiding on an island and waiting for his lover (Reese Witherspoon) to run away. When 2 local kids, Ellis and Neckbone (Tye Sheridan & Jacob Lofland), meet him, they decide to secretly help him find his girlfriend and flee. I've always thought McConaughey was just a pretty face of bad romantic comedies. Until I watched Mud. I literally discovered he had talent in this movie. It is unquestionably the best performance of his career and the golden role that builds his cred as a good actor. As the saying goes, better late than never. Tye Sheridan is a revelation. His powerful performance blew my mind. I expect to see more of Sheridan in the next decade. If he goes on to get such pertinent roles, I'm sure he will become the face of a generation. So far so good, for his acting debut. Mud is painted on Arkansan landscapes with Southern colors. I always find those stories rooted in rural Southern or Midwestern USA to be much more authentic than any other American background. This is as close as you can get to real life. The picture is beautifully directed. The plot is enlightened by natural light and depends on wilderness' control. Mud is a beautiful tale on estrangement and its different kinds, maturity, and promises.
is a gem of American cinema. An Arkansan canvas on which Jeff Nichols lays a grand story on honesty, love, and home. Mud (Matthew McConaughey) is an outlaw hiding on an island and waiting for his lover (Reese Witherspoon) to run away. When 2 local kids, Ellis and Neckbone (Tye Sheridan & Jacob Lofland), meet him, they decide to secretly help him find his girlfriend and flee. I've always thought McConaughey was just a pretty face of bad romantic comedies. Until I watched Mud. I literally discovered he had talent in this movie. It is unquestionably the best performance of his career and the golden role that builds his cred as a good actor. As the saying goes, better late than never. Tye Sheridan is a revelation. His powerful performance blew my mind. I expect to see more of Sheridan in the next decade. If he goes on to get such pertinent roles, I'm sure he will become the face of a generation. So far so good, for his acting debut. Mud is painted on Arkansan landscapes with Southern colors. I always find those stories rooted in rural Southern or Midwestern USA to be much more authentic than any other American background. This is as close as you can get to real life. The picture is beautifully directed. The plot is enlightened by natural light and depends on wilderness' control. Mud is a beautiful tale on estrangement and its different kinds, maturity, and promises. 
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