Review of Free State of Jones (2016) by Steve D — 11 Mar 2017

Very good, fictional civil war and civil rights film.

This review of Free State of Jones (2016) was written by Steve D on 11 Mar 2017.

Free State of Jones has generally received positive reviews.

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By Lisa Johnson Mandell (104) for AtHomeInHollywood.com (165) on 21 Aug 2018

It's a powerful, moving story, but that doesn't mean it moves quickly. [It's a] very serious and often grim film…

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By Martin C (360) on 27 Nov 2018

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By Jonathan B (2,317) on 30 Nov 2017

Free State of Jones tells a similar story to the Daniel Craig World War 2 movie Defiance, telling as it does how a group of guerrilla fighters…

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Free State of Jones is not your ordinary film…

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By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 05 Mar 2018

There's much in Jones worth seeing and considering-for those who can stomach the war violence…

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By Carolyn L. Todd (2) for Refinery29 (181) on 25 Jun 2017

Essentially, it's a messy movie about an even messier stretch of ugly American history that would've fared better as a prestige miniseries…

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By Matthew W (920) on 12 Nov 2018

Sometimes in a enervatingly slowly pace, this film tells a pretty fascinating, untold story…

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By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 10 Jan 2018

The interrelations between characters may be superficial and there's a  wearisome didactic element, but this new film contains some powerful…

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By Kina L (3) on 10 Oct 2018

Amazing amazing amazing, I think people forget Republicans wanted to have free man no slavery. Those were 21 brave black men who voted…

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By Cokronakan (86) on 18 Feb 2018

It's an average movie that depicts the civil war and the racist conflict of that time…

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