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      • On top of trying to be a Big, Important Film, Jones is also meant to be a showcase for McConaughey’s post-Oscar relevance as a dramatic actor, and he turns in a solid but unmemorable lead performance. See all 38 reviews on Metacritic.com
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  2. Jun 24, 2016 · 5 min read. 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 ...

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  3. 48% Tomatometer 193 Reviews 64% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings. In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the ...

    • (193)
    • Gary Ross
    • R
    • Matthew Mcconaughey
  4. Free State of Jones: Directed by Gary Ross. With Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell. A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.

    • (63K)
    • Action, Biography, Drama
    • Gary Ross
    • 2016-06-24
  5. Free State of Jones is a 2016 American historical war film inspired by the life of Southern Unionist Newton Knight, who led a successful armed revolt against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, throughout the American Civil War.

  6. 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.

    • STX Entertainment
    • Gary Ross
  7. 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. Newton Knight, the Mississippi ...

  8. 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.

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