
Mudbound
This a movie about two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi where they must deal with both racism and also gruesome memories of combat.
























3 September 1984, Roseau, Minnesota, USA




11 January 1971, Yonkers, New York, USA


23 September 1952, Pinckneyville, Illinois, USA












13 January 1989, Houston, Texas, USA



9 December 1996, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA



November 17, 2017
Initially slow-moving and measured, Mudbound builds into a powerful drama in which everyone is at the mercy of a deep-rooted racism.
November 16, 2017
Rees always finds balancing notes here - of humanity, passion and true love. It's a tale as messy as its muddy fields, and it's a must-watch.
November 16, 2017
Dee Rees's story of one black and one white family struggling in the WW II-era South is a fiercely intimate epic that couldn't be more timely. Mary J. Blige should be on every Oscar list for best supporting actress.
November 17, 2017
A slow and brutal burn, but worth it for the devastating finale.
November 17, 2017
This nuanced treatment of race relations in the Deep South during and just after the war keeps adding detail until we are well prepared for the melodramatic moments in the concluding segment.
November 16, 2017
The movie harvests so much new feeling from its tragic images of life and death in the Mississippi Delta that Rees' name belongs on any list of the year's best directors.
November 16, 2017
Redemption and hope eventually shine through here and there, and when that happens, it's a beautiful thing.
November 17, 2017
Director Dee Reese uses the lengthy runtime to develop these characters, and we feel genuinely thunderstruck when calamity falls, as powerfully as a punch to the head.
November 16, 2017
Mudboundis easy to admire but tough to watch at times. It tells a truthful tale from America's not-so-distant past. The highest compliment I can pay Rees is that her movie feels truthful.
November 16, 2017
We've seen stories like this one before on screen, but what's new, and arresting, about "Mudbound" is how easily and persuasively director Rees moves between these families.
November 17, 2017
A powerfully emotional and all-too-relevant race relations drama that marks out director Rees as a significant talent to watch. Place your Oscar bets now.
November 16, 2017
Rees isn't content simply to diagnose a punishing, self-perpetuating cycle: This is a film buoyed by humanism that feels chastening, liberating and healing, all at the same time.