Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

GwydionMW The opening features a fictional nephew, not a good start.Jumping forward to the 1948 trial shattered the 'suspension of disbelief' that I, at least, find necessary for historic movies.With all the extras, they missed the chance to do a flashback to the original vote against secession. And how their representative didn't keep faith.The hospital scenes are needlessly gruesome.Someone needed to be ruthless with the script, but was not.

yunanadil Personally, i loved to watch biography movies. And, for this movie i saw what's the difference about life and humanity. Humanity issue is so powering of this movies. Life is not about being hedonic, but other's freedom is more important than everything. This movie told you about how to treat people in your circle greatly. How to empathy for they feelings. And, as a conclusion life is all about how you to treat people more than you treat yourself. If you want to see movies that's all about human mankind, this is an answer. Clearly emphatetic.

Neil Welch Newton Knight deserts from the Confederate forces and becomes a figurehead among a group of escaped slaves and fellow deserters. After guerrilla warfare with the local forces who are tasked with raising resources from local farmers (often leaving them with nothing), Newt's people declare Jones County to be independent of the Confederacy. And they have even more work to do once the Civil War ends.Matthew McConaughey in a horrible beard plays Newt, an extraordinary ordinary man trying to do his best to balance conscience, family, right and wrong, in a miserable war of attrition and injustice. This true (albeit dramatised) story is fairly low-profile - I have never seen mention of any of the events in it before, but this dramatisation does well to convey why the Civil War started, the deeply held prejudices which prevailed throughout and which remained in place long beyond its end (the main narrative is interspersed with flash-forwards to a court case involving one of Newt's descendants in the fairly recent past, which makes the point that winning a war doesn't change minds).There are some action sequences - the opening battle scene is gripping and visceral - but this is mainly a thoughtful and leisurely recounting of one man's part in the fate of a small area of the USA during and after the Civil War: as such, there is more by way of discussion than action. Some might say it is slow and overlong: I had no problem.Having said that, the location work conveys a strong impression of the swampy, difficult farmland, and small townships where these events took place, and all the cast does well.And I, personally, walked away with my sense of injustice reinforced. We still haven't got it right, but at least we are making progress.

The Movie Diorama Slavery, plantations and the fight for freedom are well documented and popular themes in many many films. 12 Years a Slave and Lincoln immediately spring to mind. So this is nothing new. Portraying this period of time is extremely saturated, so there cannot be any mediocrity. Unfortunately, Free State of Jones is just that. The true story of Newt Knight forming a rebellion against the confederacy in the 1860's. To ensure that all people are free and treated equally. A commendable and admirable man, choosing to fight for other people even if that means losing the ones closest to him. I can always find respect in people like Newt and sharing idealisms like his on film is important to show how far we have come as a society. The plot never feels preachy, it's told with good intentions and facts. Various photographs are embedded throughout with text to explain the historical events that followed. Matthew McConaughey looks the part, acts the part and becomes invested into his character. He really does steal every scene. The weak supporting characters assist in McConaughey's screen dominance but that's not always a good thing. I wasn't emotionally invested in any of the characters, at all. If a characters tragically meets their demise, there was no impact. I didn't feel anything and thus I was uninterested. Gary Ross' direction is fine albeit rather clinical and bland. The narrative was overstretched to 140 minutes when it didn't need to, we're talking nearly 10 years of confederacy rebellion. Why? The pace was ridiculously sluggish at points and the monotonous characters really did not help. The third act then starts to intertwine Newt's great grandson into the narrative who is wanting to get married but can't due to laws against interracial marriage. Yes, it shows that laws haven't changed but it felt so forced and unnecessary in order to showcase a point. All I can say is that the film is fine. It is bland mediocrity at its finest. Not bad but not great.