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Mudbound

2017 · 135 min

A slow, heavy plunge into racial injustice and scarred lives, beautiful and brutal, leaving you shaken and sick at heart.

Directed by
Dee Rees
Genres
Drama
Starring
Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell
Overview
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.

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  • Netflix
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Directed by
Dee Rees
Genres
Drama
Starring
Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • trauma
  • justice
  • family
  • guilt
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Dee Rees, Virgil Williams
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
135 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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