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2/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/21/2019
Despite all valiant efforts, "Free State of Jones" bogs down a fascinating untold true story with an unresponsive script, poor character development, and an irrelevant subplot that interrupts and distracts from the main idea.
Rating of
2/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 12/14/2016
The Free State of Jones is a well made historical drama whose heart is in the right place and has all the right stuff to make a worthwhile war epic. But ultimately it doesn't work. I thought people were joking about the pacing but damn this was a slow-as-molasses flick to sit through. The acting is fine and the cinematography is beautiful. It is clear that director Gary Ross intended for this to be a more intellectual version of Roland Emmerich's 2000 release The Patriot. Melodramatic as that was, it did its first task as entertainment as I was never bored.
Rating of
2/4
hoods_breath - wrote on 11/30/2016
Tragically disjointed. If they'd ended the film at the end of the war that'd have made for a good flick. If they'd started with the end of the war, that'd have made for a decent flick. If they'd made another movie about his decedent's court case, that'd have made for a good flick. Putting all three together was a terrible idea.
