If you grew up in Maine or in the New England area you know we have more than 4 seasons. There's Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring and Mud season. And right now we are currently at the beginning of mud season
'Mud' is a great story, but not a particularly great film.
Dripping in regional specificity and broad metaphor, Jeff Nichols' new film feels more like a big, fat American novel you get assigned in 10th grade than the follow-up to 'Take Shelter.' That earlier film's ominous tone and psychological portraiture is traded-in for large, gestural story beats that itch to be broken down and discussed for