2013 · drama · coming-of-age
Mud
Directed by Jeff Nichols2h 10m2013
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.
Our read: Mud (2013) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / coming-of-age, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- measured
- tender
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