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- Free State of Jones is well-crafted and tells a worthwhile story, but makes for a better history lesson than moviegoing experience. Free State of Jones tells the tale of real-life historical figure Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey), a Mississippi farmer who serves in the Confederate army during the U.S. Civil War.
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Jun 24, 2016 · Gary Ross’ “Free State of Jones” is based on one of the most fascinating true stories of the Civil War. It tells of a rebellion against the Confederacy led by an angry farmer named Newton Knight, whose ragtag army of poor whites and escaped slaves declared a portion of southeastern Mississippi, including Jones County, independent and ...
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Free State of Jones. In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After...
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- Gary Ross
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- Matthew Mcconaughey
Free State of Jones has its moments of clumsiness, but it also has scenes that are rousing and a story that, as they say, makes learning fun. Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Oct 23, 2018
Jun 23, 2016 · “Free State of Jones” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Gory wartime violence and less explicit but equally upsetting postwar brutality.
- Gary Ross
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Jun 20, 2016 · Film Review: ‘Free State of Jones’. Matthew McConaughey plays a Confederate deserter turned guerrilla saint in a Civil War drama more dogged than exciting. By Owen Gleiberman. Courtesy of...
Parents need to know that Free State of Jones stars Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey as Newton Knight, a real-life former soldier-turned-renegade. It's an intense, violent drama about a Civil War deserter who ended up leading one of the biggest wartime rebellions in U.S. history.
Jun 24, 2016 · Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) • 1 Win & 1 Nomination. Set during the Civil War, Free State of Jones tells the story of defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight, and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy.