Free State of Jones
(2016)
Directed by Gary Ross
this film inspired by real events stars Mattheew McConaughey, Gugu
Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali and Keri Russell. During the US Civil War
deserters from the Confederate army join escaped slaves in fighting
back against the Confederacy.
Mixing fact with
fiction it is a little hard to pin down this film and it is not
helped by superfluous scenes set nearly 80 years after the fact.
While this is not a terrible watch I can see why it failed to connect
at the box office despite it's unusual subject matter. Generally the
direction and acting are decent but the script probably needed a
little more polish.
3/5
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