Mudbound (2017)
91%RT Audience Score: 84%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 4 Oscars
36 wins & 118 nominations total
Mudbound offers a well-acted, finely detailed snapshot of American history whose scenes of rural class struggle resonate far beyond their period setting.
Mudbound is a film that will make you feel all the emotions. From anger to sadness to hope, this movie has it all. The performances are top-notch, and the way the story is told through multiple narrators is a stroke of genius. Sure, there are some parts that don’t quite mesh together, but overall, it’s a powerful and important film that everyone should see. Plus, it’s a great reminder that we should all be angry about injustices and strive for shared humanity, even when life throws us curveballs.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
Netflix
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (Netflix), Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Vacherie, Louisiana, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for some disturbing violence, brief language and nudity
Year of Release
2017
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Atmos
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 14m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Nov 17, 2017 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 17, 2017
Genre(s)
History/Drama
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $85,955
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $103,682
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 3,021
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 11,307
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
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US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Jason Clarke – Henry McAllan
Jason Mitchell – Ronsel Jackson
Mary J. Blige – Florence Jackson
Rob Morgan – Hap Jackson
Garrett Hedlund – Jamie McAllan
Director(s)
Dee Rees
Writer(s)
Dee Rees, Virgil Williams
Producer(s)
Carl Effenson, Sally Jo Effenson, Cassian Elwes, Christopher Lemole, Kim Roth, Tim Zajaros, Charles D. King
Film Festivals
Sundance, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 4 Oscars
36 wins & 118 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (202) | Top Critics (65) | Fresh (196) | Rotten (6)
The players are uniformly excellent.
April 16, 2020
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Rees embraced the book’s multiple narrators, lacing the two families into a complex tapestry.
March 31, 2020
Anne Thompson
indieWire
TOP CRITIC
Screenwriter and Director, Dee Rees makes a brilliant decision to focus on sharecropping. It’s a profession that’s rarely represented on film.
September 5, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4
Robert Daniels
812filmreviews
TOP CRITIC
New American classic Mudbound is a reminder of the brutality of American history, of the weight of generations of institutionalized bondage and familial racism, and of the possibility of love as survival.
May 21, 2018
Roxana Hadadi
Pajiba
TOP CRITIC
Rees has a firm hand and a clear vision that gives Mudbound a balanced coherence that keeps you involved.
November 28, 2017 | Rating: 3/4
Rex Reed
Observer
TOP CRITIC
Exploring the resilient spirit and dark underbelly of the Jim Crow South, Dee Rees has created a new American classic.
November 27, 2017 | Rating: 4/4
Max Weiss
Baltimore Magazine
TOP CRITIC
The film moves among these families with an effortlessness that demonstrates their sameness, while also providing an achingly relevant commentary on how notions of racial inequality prove false and inhuman.
March 17, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Mudbound is about the shared anger we should all have in wake of injustices, and the shared humanity thats already a given when dealing with whatever life throws our way.
February 11, 2022
Cory Woodroof
615 Film
The film doesn’t always mesh gracefully … But each character is fully realized, with lived-in performances to match.
August 24, 2021 | Rating: A-
Kip Mooney
College Movie Review
A film with so much voiceover narration shouldn’t work as well as this one does but rather than distract or splinter the narrative, it…decentraliz[es] the drama to create a spectrum of perspectives.
April 15, 2021
Jim Rohner
Battleship Pretension
Mudbound is by no means a light or airy film, though. The sick-making realities of war and of racial turmoil are not overlooked.
December 10, 2020
David Bax
Battleship Pretension
Perhaps it’s fitting that if the frames of reference are going to be a mess, the timeline should be jumbled as well.
December 5, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins…
Plot
Set in the rural American South during World War II, Mudbound follows two families, the McAllans and the Jacksons, as they navigate the harsh demands of farming and the brutal realities of the Jim Crow South, while their returning loved ones forge an uneasy friendship that challenges the social hierarchy.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Mary J. Blige received critical acclaim for her performance in Mudbound, earning nominations for both the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
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