Review of Mudbound (2017) by Amadouiraklidis — 07 Apr 2023
Beautiful film with an incredible amount of depth and clear forethought messaging and thematic irony. Touching on the intersection of religion, morality, alternative slavery in the jim crow era, American identity, and family relations. It really hits on nearly every point of significance, and it makes you feel. It has one of the saddest moments I've experienced in a film, and yet also shows the resilience of the human spirit, and the humanity of people who endured the struggles of the era, and has moments of body-chilling inspiration and hopefulness.
Mudbound lays bare an ugly truth about the south during world war 2, and makes us question to what extent it is still going on. 80 years after the abolition of slavery and there was naked, disgusting terrorists bullying blacks. What is going on now, 80 years after the end of ww2? While the movie does an expose on all the above and more, it is not the message of the film. The final message of hope, love, and overcoming. A rose can grow from concrete.
This review of Mudbound (2017) was written by Amadouiraklidis on 07 Apr 2023.
Mudbound has generally received very positive reviews.
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