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Free State of Jones (2016) - Critic Reviews - Page 4 of 9

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By Fernando Santoyo Tello (26) for Cinema Movil (182) on 11 Aug 2016

A film made for fans of the main actor and for those who love history lessons. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Marija Djurovic (345) for Cairo360 (405) on 08 Aug 2016

An interesting and a sometimes moving historical drama which tells the true story of a remarkable character, but fails to offer the weight…

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By Oliver Whitney (71) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

The real problem with Free State of Jones isn't that it plays like a dull history special, but how it tells its story with ignorance and…

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By Erin Oliver Whitney (38) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

The real problem with Free State of Jones isn't that it plays like a dull history special, but how it tells its story with ignorance and…

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By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 03 Aug 2016

The last thing America needs is a historical movie correlating white people problems with those of people of color…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 02 Aug 2016

An airless history lesson whose educational value doesn't outweigh its aimlessness…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 31 Jul 2016

If there's one underlying unifying theme [here], it's this: 'How do white men feel about racism, and how does it affect them…

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By Debashine Thangevelo (30) for Independent Online (South Africa) (258) on 21 Jul 2016

It still doesn't leave an indelible impression or stir any heartfelt emotions. And that's truly sad and a waste of a talented cast…

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By Sonny Bunch (405) for Washington Free Beacon (282) on 13 Jul 2016

Horror of war and the fight for freedom combine in sometimes-rousing history lesson…

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By Vann R. Newkirk (1) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 10 Jul 2016

A better film would have muddled the clean white-savior narrative with an actual exploration of what the racial politics of a mixed-race insurgency…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 07 Jul 2016

I give Gary Ross a lot of credit for doing a lot of research and being so dedicated to bringing this story to the screen…

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By Eileen Jones (139) for The Jacobin (26) on 05 Jul 2016

Go ahead and dedicate 139 minutes of your life to The Free State of Jones. There are absolutely redeeming elements…

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By John Lekich (26) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 30 Jun 2016

Ultimately, this is a noble effort that fizzles out long before it ends…

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By Mohar Basu (50) for The Times of India (879) on 30 Jun 2016

The film has all the makings of a fascinating drama but the half-baked plot turns [out] to be too problematic…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 29 Jun 2016

Whatever principles Newton Knight once pursued, and however noble Gary Ross' revisionist history might be, Free State of Jones leaves unresolved-and…

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By Ezra Johnson-Greenough (3) for Willamette Week (516) on 28 Jun 2016

It's a true epic that should sit alongside films like Glory…

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By Lesley Coffin (32) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 28 Jun 2016

The problem is, almost every journey McConaughey takes feels like it is being told from a different directorial approach, but there's no logic…

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By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 28 Jun 2016

There's a good history lesson here, along with the hero turn, and thankfully it's not totally covered up by the Hollywoodization of the subject…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 28 Jun 2016

Writer-director Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit) knows how to please crowds, so there's fascination in his consistently wrongheaded impulse…

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By Austin Trunick (219) for Under the Radar (636) on 28 Jun 2016

Knight's legend has a lot of cinematic juice -- it's just a shame it's been distilled down into dull, preachy melodrama…

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