Reviewing Movies

Two young boys on the cusp of manhood whose homelife sucks find a fugitive living on an island in the middle of the Mississippi. The border with neighbouring states here follows old oxbow meanders some of which are completely dried up or infilled making a mess of the map. The island in question is variously described as being in the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers not that it matters much. Either my hearing has gotten worse or the actors’ southern drawl is difficult to follow. The words are slurred and tossed off quickly. Whether it’s my present mood or the movie I do not like this flick. It drags on far too long and McConaughy playing Mud as usual is on the make and the boys at 14 motivated to help with the promise of a handgun. Mud’s former guardian describes him as a two-time loser. This does not appear to be headed for a happy ending for anyone involved. But of course this is a Hollywood flick, what can I say.