Netflix pick for 4/21/2014 – ‘Mud’

Alright alright alright, here is yet another recent example of why Matthew McConaughey is suddenly so beloved again as an actor, just another in a long succession of stand out performances in good to great projects, so you can be forgiven if this one slipped past your radar. But now you know…you gotta see “Mud.”

And you see the thing is that “Mud” is actually much more than just a great McConaughey performance, as it is primarily a coming of age movie about a 13 year old kid, working out his increasingly complicated feelings on the opposite sex, the whole while also helping McConaughey’s character try to reconnect with the love of his life, which ends up being more complicated than it appears. And write/director Jeff Nichols is a new filmmaker…well, not THAT new anymore, as this is his third movie and he just keeps getting better, which is a surprise because his last movie “Take Shelter” is DAMN good. But “Mud” is even better. And his style is one that really emphasizes the locations and locale flavors and characters as much as possible, making the locales just as integral to the story as anything else in the movie.

So “Mud” is great, you definitely need to check that out right here on the Netflix Instant!