The new Civil War film “Free State of Jones,” starring Matthew McConaughey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, is richly researched, but its flat assemblage of history strips out the story’s texture and ...

"Free State of Jones" is a very good movie about a Civil War incident most people probably have ... very solid, well-done, thought-provoking movie. The film is scrupulous in its historical accuracy.

A compelling and little-known story of the Civil War period is studiously reduced to a dry and cautious history lesson in Free State of Jones.As if afraid to offend anyone or put a wrong foot in ...

Ross’ new movie Free State of Jones tells the story of Newton “Newt” Knight (as played by Matthew McConaughey), a Mississippi farmer who goes AWOL on the Confederate Army after the death of ...

In terms of its historical accuracy, Ross utilized a lot of creative liberty when outlining the plot of The Free State of Jones. The Free State of Jones was one of the first films to highlight ...

Free State of Jones was released on June 24, 2016, and was instantly met with mixed reviews, which most likely affected its box office gross. It only garnered $25 million when the budget was $50 ...

Woodrow Wilson described D.W. Griffith’s notorious Civil War epic Birth of a Nation as “writing history with lightning.” Gary Ross’s Free State of Jones, which covers roughly the same ...

The Free State of Jones. Sad legacies of the time when Americans lost the ability to peacefully resolve their differences. J. Mark Powell is a novelist, former TV journalist and die-hard history buff.

All that history seems like more of a burden than an asset to the oddly constructed Free State of Jones. It begins as a character-driven historical drama but loses its way trying to cover more ...