Matthew McConaughey is a defiant Southern farmer who inspires and leads a rebellion against the Confederacy during the America Civil...
Matthew McConaughey is a defiant Southern farmer who inspires and leads a rebellion against the Confederacy during the America Civil War, in this true-story drama from Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit).
After surviving the 1862 Battle of Corinth, Newton Knight gathered a group of small farmers and local slaves in an armed rebellion in Jones County. Knight would go on to marry a former slave and establish a mixed-race community - unique to the post-war South.
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48 %192 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
64 %21,031 reviewsAudience score rating
""Free State of Jones" is one of those historical dramas with a script that's big on crowning lines of moral fervour and not so big on nuts-and-bolts detail."
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Variety
Variety"Impeccably wrought yet emotionally hollow, Gary Ross's Civil War-era rebellion drama suffers from too much ambition."
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Time Out
Time Out"A riveting visual history lesson, whose occasional didacticism is integral to its power."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"The Free State of Jones is an anti-war film with a commie message that still glamourises southern pride, hard work and the Good Book. It's a nuanced message far too rare in our current political state."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"You really feel like this is a location where life is nasty, brutish, short and breathless."
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Stuff
Stuff"If you think a thick, juicy slab of Civil War history can't be boiled down to 145 minutes of speechifying, stultifying cinema, then grab a seat. Even McConaughey is sucked dry of his usual acting panache."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"If McConaughey's performance is a little too jut-jawed and noble, the script has plenty of force."
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New York Post
New York Post"A compelling and little-known story of the Civil War period is studiously reduced to a dry and cautious history lesson."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterFree State of Jones | Details
- Rating
- MA15+, Strong themes and violence
- Runtime
- 140
- Genre
- Drama, True Story & Biography, War
- Country of origin
- USA
