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Memorable, crazy movie

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Fantastic!

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Absolutely loved this film . I know there is some inaccuracies as there is with Hollywood movies but what it has done for me , is it has made me look more into this period . I can't believe the professional critics views on this movie . Of all the movies about this period that have been made this is by far my best . Matthew is great when he's in the more darker roles

Movie Review: "Free State of Jones" (2016)Entirely carried by an raging on-screen portrayal, initiated through leading actor Matthew McConaughey as dramatized character of Confederation deserting Newton Knight under the direction of "Seabiscuit" (2003) director Gary Ross, who delivers also an overlong screenplay pushed into overlong editorial of a 130 Minutes by completely overthrown and emotionally-underminded editors Pamela Martin and Juliette Welfing, literally ruin an otherwise compelling motion picture on never-seen-before aftermath scenarios on the U.S. Civil-War, raging over the North American continent with believed 1,000,000 immigrant-deceding U.S. people dead in just four years between 1861 and 1865, when rebel-region organizing ultra-republic-indulging character Knight must fight in a seemingly-desolated Southern American environment designed to plain non-cinematic splendors by production designer Philip Messina, when visual coverage by cinematographer Benoit Delhomme tends to fail under fast-track mainly hand-held shotlist, when an 50 Million Dollar budget raised by an indecisiveness-prolonging army of producers, co-producer and executives alike cost "Free State of Jones" not only an financial return on an independently-received investment, but also the favors of the domestic audiences in early U.S. domestic releases of Summer 2016, when it could have been strategical improvement to set motion picture exhibitions on an emotionally inbounding pre-Thanksgiving release date, when additional calmer-received suspense-pushing editorial cuts to coming in with focus on an action-oriented running time of a 105 minutes in order to share justice with an hardship-enduring below-the-line crew as emotionally fully-prepared Matthew McConaughey; and then again a close-to-buried supporting cast performed by uprising performers Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mahershala Ali as spellbinding Moses.FAZIT: Picture declined (wasted) © 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

I have friend in Utah who is a direct descendant of Newton Knight and my friend contributed directly to some of the character of Newton Knight as a result of my friend's ancestry research. Until recently there has been a coddling of the confederate era as a noble cause to assert state's rights. There have been statues of confederate soldiers and "heroes". Historical markers throughout the south emulating the southern sacrifice. This movie touches a nerve that many confederate sympathizers fail to admit. The southern rebellion was simply about money...and the rich plantation owners...to the sacrifice of human rights and the common white man who fought the battles whilst the plantation owners and their family was exempted for military service. This is a point where the epic war movie, "Gettysburg" failed to address. "Gettysburg" was defending both philosophical sides, therefore, avoiding controversy and making everyone a hero. Newton Knight saw the war as what it was really about...the rich plantation owners. And it was this hypocrisy for which he rebelled against. I would have given a "10", however, the movie became a little too preachy towards the end as it portrayed the Free State of Jones a Union State. There has been no evidence that Newton Knight created a Union State within the confederacy. Newton Knight created an independent state from the Confederacy and the Union. I am sorry this movie lost tens of millions of dollars at the box office. It did not deserve a loss. This was the fault of STX Entertainment which was obsessed with being a big screen competitor with the big boys. When STX started bullying its way around Hollywood to be a main player, I am sure (unsubstantiated) the competitors did whatever they could to make sure STX did not interfere with the status quo. Otherwise, I just plain could not see why this movie was not a success at the box office.

This is a bitter-sweet tale of Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) who led a rebellion and established an area free from Confederate or Union control. The tale follows through the reconstruction period as defeated Confederates return to make lives miserable for those recently liberated.At over two hours, the film felt rushed, or pushed at the end, while they seemed to have spent too much time in the beginning. Great acting. There is some small juxtaposition to the 1940's (?) when an ancestor is challenged in court.Good acting. Good drama. Class warfare message.Guide: No searing sex or nudity. Some intense scenes.