Set Design
The South never looked so good
Great Performance
"'He Died with Honor' 'No. He just Died'"
Rotten Tomatos: 43% Cinemascore A-
You know, movies are meant to be a form of escapism but its not a good thing if you can't tell when a movie is going to end, hence my experience with The Free State of Jones. This movie is looooooooong, unforgivably long. And I'm not just talking about the run time (which is already nearly two and a half hours) but every shot, every interaction, it all seems to take an eternity in this movie. Worst of all the movie moves past its subject matter to continue the story of its main character Newton Knight (Mcconaughey) and present a larger commentary on Slavery and the sins of reconstruction era USA. It's not that reconstruction isn't interesting but when the title of the movie is "The Free State of Jones" and that only ends up being about 33% of your movie you might need to adjust your focus. It's a shame too because this movie is expertly acted, it looks beautiful, but by the hour and a half mark I was bored out of my mind and wondering desperately when it would all end.
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