Review of Mud (2013) by Private U — 02 Nov 2015

Well, this is definitely one of the movies that stays with you. In order of "impression", first of all, I was amazed by the acting of the teenagers and after that, I was impressed by Matthew McConaughey once more! This guy, movie after movie is getting better and better. The setting of Missisipi and the river houses was truly remarkable!

The story that lies in the core of the movie is also inspiring and heartbreaking at the same time. It's also amazing how the kid that respects his dad but he does not admire him that much, is immediately impressed by Mud and really relates to him also having his own fling with the older girl.

In the end of the movie, you are left with the sense that no justice was served (as Mud should have been shot), but you're happy that he left with his friend, dumping this ungrateful character that never truly loved him. The parallel stories that evolve are also well described and end-up in a satisfying manner. The movie does not do the easy thing that is to make the parents of the kid work it out, and this is the right thing. So you kind of get a happy ending and you don't...

The most amazing scene is the one with the kid in the end that checks out the new neighbors... It's as simple as that in real life and although he went through a real drama, in the end he's just a teenager and that's how he behaves. This movie was in the right proportion about everything!