Matthew McConaughey is accompanied by two young actors. When I say young, it is because they are not even sixteen. One, Tye Sheridan was revealed by Terrence Malick as the son of Brad Pitt in The Tree Of Life. These two children are the center of the film. It could be suggested they are the essence of the film. Everything starts with these children who make a trip on the Mississippi. The two sources of the film are in these first images: children who go on an adventure, and the Mississippi as a narrative and disruptive thread.
This film is particularly a film about childhood. An initiatory film for children who will learn the taste of life this dream . We know that children dream a lot, they believe in many things. But reality comes quickly and catch this dream . This is Mud. Between love, friendship, family, disappointments, lies, misfortunes, rivalry, ... children of the film will put one step in reality, and learn that life is not so easy. The first objective of the children in this film, was to believe in love. Whether it's for them, but especially love in the world of adults. Children are the knights of two separated lovers by a story that only adults are able to understand.
The belief is required in this film. And can be found through each level Jeff Nichols offers. There is a strong emphasis on places, especially the iconic: Mississippi. It is a simple and pure film that believes in American values, which believes in its culture. And for all this, the film gradually becomes wider and emotional.
Which is just as beautiful, is that through this love for the pure American story, there is a love for the characters. Jeff Nichols film us an impressive Matthew McConaughey and relatively light as a symbol of freedom. A kind of father to the children in need of family love. In addition, Jeff Nichols is surfing the treatment of Shotgun Stories. No secondary character is left behind, any secondary character has a symbolic presence. And that's how the film becomes emotional.
And all this joined gives us an incredible genesis. Adam is found there (Mud), Eve (Juniper, aka the beautiful and amazing Reese Witherspoon), the snake the ark of Noah (the liberator boat). A large wild ride (wink to the connoisseurs of Terrence Malick), where Jeff Nichols puts all its light and framing on men who are his film. On the shores of the Mississippi, everything is very wide and full of stories which have to be unearthed to finally leaving for paradise.
A paradise that will be difficult to reach because like in Shotgun Stories, Jeff Nichols does not care about great actions. It is a struggle of nerves and the war of the minds with all these lies and delusions. There is only one action scene with guns in the film. It was a good to sow doubt in the viewer mind and the children of the film on the icon created around the character of the impressive Matthew McConaughey. Children are the source, Mud is the symbol of a free America.
Finally, Mud is a film where children discover life: joys, loves, his misfortunes, his lies, his disappointments, his gangsters, etc. Above all, the film revolves around the children who are desperate to find a relationship that works between two adults. An initiatory adventure for children, the source of dreams and beliefs, through a narrative and a staging which release the icons and symbols of American freedom. Pure Film, simple, emotional and lightweight. To discover urgently to cool off.
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