Query: mud

title: Mud [DVD + Digital]
text: Product Description Product Description Mud is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. AIL isn’t long until Mud’s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow. Amazon.com Matthew McConaughey's career trajectory has followed some strange currents, ranging from Next Big Dramatic Thing to Romantic Comedy Fixture to, most recently, Killer Supporting Actor. (Plotting a course between A Time to Kill and, say, Magic Mike requires an awful lot of graph paper.) One of the beauties of the superb Mud is how it allows the actor to tap into every aspect of his persona, creating a figure who drifts between hero and rogue with mesmerizing irregularity. His presence, along with a slew of talented character actors (including Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, and the great Joe Don Baker), help make this movie feel somehow both lived-in and mythic. Set deep within the Arkansas delta, the story follows two boys (Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland) exploring an island in the Mississippi river while searching for a rumored abandoned boat. Once there, they find Mud (McConaughey), a hermit who claims to be hiding out until he can be reunited with the love of his life (Reese Witherspoon). As the pair help Mud repair his boat and plan his escape, they begin to receive unsettling hints that there may be much more to the story. Writer-director Jeff Nichols, whose earlier Take Shelter offered up a terrific blend of the mystical and mundane, proves to be equally surefooted here, delivering a clear-eyed Boy's Adventure story with some tantalizing hints of Southern Gothic creeping in around the edges. Like most good yarns, Mud may meander a bit, but by the time the final scene rolls around, the digressions and offbeat character moments have combined to make this movie feel mighty special, in a distinctly Southern fashion. A tale in which a boy named Neckbone exists is one that both Flannery O'Connor and Harper Lee would've enthusiastically embraced. (Andrew Wright) Product Description Product Description Mud is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. AIL isn’t long until Mud’s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow. Amazon.com Matthew McConaughey's career trajectory has followed some strange currents, ranging from Next Big Dramatic Thing to Romantic Comedy Fixture to, most recently, Killer Supporting Actor. (Plotting a course between A Time to Kill and, say, Magic Mike requires an awful lot of graph paper.) One of the beauties of the superb Mud is how it allows the actor to tap into every aspect of his persona, creating a figure who drifts between hero and rogue with mesmerizing irregularity. His presence, along with a slew of talented character actors (including Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, and the great Joe Don Baker), help make this movie feel somehow both lived-in and mythic. Set deep within the Arkansas delta, the story follows two boys (Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland) exploring an island in the Mississippi river while searching for a rumored abandoned boat. Once there, they find Mud (McConaughey), a hermit who claims to be hiding out until he can be reunited with the love of his life (Reese Witherspoon). As the pair help Mud repair his boat and plan his escape, they begin to receive unsettling hints that there may be much more to the story. Writer-director Jeff Nichols, whose earlier Take Shelter offered up a terrific blend of the mystical and mundane, proves to be equally surefooted here, delivering a clear-eyed Boy's Adventure story with some tantalizing hints of Southern Gothic creeping in around the edges. Like most good yarns, Mud may meander a bit, but by the time the final scene rolls around, the digressions and offbeat character moments have combined to make this movie feel mighty special, in a distinctly Southern fashion. A tale in which a boy named Neckbone exists is one that both Flannery O'Connor and Harper Lee would've enthusiastically embraced. (Andrew Wright)From the manufacturer About the Company Combining the STARZ premium global subscription platform with world-class motion picture and television studio operations, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) brings a unique and varied portfolio of entertainment to consumers around the world. Its film, television, subscription, location-based entertainment and interactive games businesses are backed by a 17,000-title library and one of the largest collections of film and television franchises. A digital age company driven by its entrepreneurial culture and commitment to innovation, the Lionsgate brand is synonymous with bold, original, relatable entertainment for the audiences it serves worldwide. Lionsgate’s motion picture business is a consistent box office market share leader with films that have released worldwide over the past six years. 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