Mud (2012)

Mud is not the usual type of drama that you come across. It’s a special kind of one. What makes it special is for few reasons. To start with it’s a coming of age story from one side which involves 2 teenage boys looking for adventure and finds it in very strange circumstances. From another side it’s a story about manhood, dumbness followed by blinding love which involved adults and revenge and betrayal. Though it seems blending these two sides might not work in a single story line Mud does the impossible. And it’s done so well that you cannot even see the two separately after a while. Another reason why Mud is special is Matthew’s wonderful performance. Truly he is not the same fun loving, playboy type actor that you might remember from Magic Mike, Surfer Dude or in Failure to Launch. He is doing a darn good job playing the leading role who is Mud an emotionally spell bounded character that truly believe that love will make him free. Maybe Mud is correct but not entirely. Combination of all these major plus points along with the minor yet eminent dozens of factors Mud is a highly watchable movie that keeps the viewer right there all the time. And ladies and gentlemen we have witnessed a brilliant movie.

Mud (2012) 4/5