LFF 2017: Mudbound ****
The storytelling is emotive in nature, as is to be expected. However, it is not drawn out for effect and exploitative in sentimentality.
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The storytelling is emotive in nature, as is to be expected. However, it is not drawn out for effect and exploitative in sentimentality.
Gives fans nothing new to chew on, just a little more Terminator action and Arnie worshipping.
You don’t expect anything less rigorously researched from the engaging filmmaking pair behind the 2008 hit, The Hurt Locker, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter/former news journalist Mark Boal. Their latest action thriller, Zero Dark Thirty does not fail to diligently lay out the facts like some on-the-scene reporter with ‘access all areas’ coverage. However, …