Review of Free State of Jones (2016) by Ryan F — 03 Jul 2016

Although I'm usually a sucker for period pieces, this movie played more like a documentary for the HISTORY channel than a movie. Although I do have to say that Matthew McConaughey & Gugu Mbatha-Raw were incredible & great in their roles as was the rest of the cast.

This movie was great in spots and dragged on too long in others. This was a piece of history that I was very interested in, but like I said, this was more like a documentary and only an ok movie. There are better made movies about the Civil War and better made movies about slavery and equal rights (like "12 Years a Slave" or Gugu Mbatha-Raw's "Belle").