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After its debut at the Cannes Film Festival last year, Jeff Nichols' earnest film Mud has finally arrived in India.
A heartwarming story of two adolescent friends who come across a fugitive during one of their adventures on a remote island, the film's visuals are reminiscent of settings from a Mark Twain novel.
Mud stars two brilliant young actors -- Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland -- and a terrific Matthew McConaughey in the lead roles.
The trio shares an easy relationship but we get an impression early on that young Ellis sees more than just a middle-aged friend in Mud (played by McConaughey).
A tender relationship develops between the two over the course of the film and Ellis doesn't think of Mud any differently even when the young friends learn that Mud is a murderer.
Despite sinister bounty hunters chasing Mud, the boys set out to reunite him with his girlfriend who lives in a dingy motel in the same town as them.
Ellis’s deep involvement in the tast comes from his inability to deal with his parents’
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