History Film / Mudbound

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:When an unhinged Vera approaches Laura with a knife in her hand, Laura's two children are very prominently featured nearby.]]
** Florence lives with this constantly while Ronsel is away, fearing her son will never come home; [[spoiler:and when he does come home, she and Hap both fear Ronsel will be persecuted for his social 'transgressions' (i.e., standing up to white people, getting friendly with Jamie). Heartbreakingly, this fear turns out to be well-founded.]]

''Mudbound'' is an American period drama film directed by Dee Rees and written by Rees and Virgil Williams, based on the novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan and distributed by Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2017. It stars Creator/CareyMulligan, Creator/GarrettHedlund, Creator/JasonClarke, Creator/JonathanBanks, Creator/RobMorgan, Jason Mitchell, and Music/MaryJBlige.

''Mudbound'' is an American period drama film directed by Dee Rees and written by Rees and Virgil Williams, based on the novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan and distributed by Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2017. It stars Creator/CareyMulligan, Creator/GarrettHedlund, Creator/JasonClarke, Creator/JonathanBanks, Rob Morgan, Jason Mitchell, and Music/MaryJBlige.

* Karma Houdini: The other Klansmen (other than Pappy) who Mutilate Ronsel. Given the time period it's reasonable to assume they will b e tormenting, torturing, and even murdering many other men for years to come.
** Henry to a lesser extent. He isn't a villain or openly hateful. But he's an incompetent farmer who messes up his family's life without any regard to their wishes. He also seems very happy with the racist culture he lives in and his white male privilege.

* OldMaid: Prior to meeting Henry, Laura feared she was in danger of becoming one, being unmarried at 31 and (gasp) a schoolteacher to boot. It's implied that part of the reason she agreed to marry Henry is because she figured he was the best she'd be able to do.

** A lesser example would be Ronsel and Jamie drinking while driving.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Pappy. Maybe Carl too, although infidelity is hardly reason enough to be stabbed seventeen times.]]
** [[spoiler:Infidelity would be one thing, but Vera says that he's "started in on Alma, just like he did with Renie." ''Alma is their daughter's name.'']]

''Mudbound'' is an American period drama film directed by Dee Rees and written by Rees and Virgil Williams, based on the novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan and distributed by Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2017. It stars Creator/CareyMulligan, Creator/GarrettHedlund, Creator/JasonClarke, Creator/JonathanBanks, Rob Morgan, Jason Mitchell, and Mary J. Blige.

* BornInTheWrongCentury: An unsympathetic example; Henry seems to resent that he missed out on being a wealthy, slave-owning plantation owner, and his purchasing of the farm/treatment of the Jackson family is his way of living out his fantasy of being one. Particularly noteworthy is that the combination of his safe is 8-30-62, or August 30, 1862, the date of the Battle of Richmond, which was a massive Confederate victory.

* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Jamie and Ronsel discuss Ronsel's white European lovers. [[spoiler:A white German woman ends up giving birth to Ronsel's son. And the local white folks are so violently disgusted by this sort of relationship that Pappy is able to whip up a lynch mob as soon as he learns of it.]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler:The racism inherent in the system, passed down from generation to generation like a particularly shitty heirloom, is the real villain but Pappy serves as a representation of everything wrong with the world.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ronsel has been tortured and mutilated, but he does get to raise his son in Germany far from the troubles of America. Laura is still stuck in her marriage to Henry, but Pappy is dead and the Jackson family have finally achieved their dreams.]]
* DeepSouth: The film is set in Mississippi.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: Laura finds it hard to keep her eyes off Jamie.
* EntitledBastard: Henry seems to believe that he ''does'' own the Jackson family; he isn't open or virulent, but clearly believes that black people have their place and that place is to work for him for little pay and poor treatment. There are hints in his behavior that he resents having missed out on all the wonders of being a slave-owner.

* TheGreatDepression

* SelfMadeOrphan [[spoiler: Jamie kills Pappy.]]

* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Jamie and Ronsel discuss Ronsel's white European lovers. [[spoiler:A white German woman ends up giving birth to Ronsel's son.]]

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: There's the obvious racism angle that permeates the film, but it also demonstrates how little sympathy was given to war veterans suffering from PTSD.

** [[spoiler:Infidelity would be one thing, but Vera says that he's "started in on Alma, just like he did with Renie." ''Alma is their daughter's name.''

* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama

* EthnicMenialLabor: A large aspect of the film is the position of the Jackson family; in spite of working the land for generations, they still don't own it, and are forced to work for the less experienced and less deserving [=McAllan] family. Although Hap insists that they aren't owned by the [=McAllans=], the disconnect between the two families is frequently hammered home. It doesn't help that the [=McAllans=] are descended from slave owners.

* VorpalPillow: [[spoiler:Jamie smothers Pappy to death in retribution for the mutilation of Ronsel.]]

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Par for the course back then, but Pappy is particularly virulent in his racism.

* DeliberateValuesDissonnance: There's the obvious racism angle that permeates the film, but it also demonstrates how little sympathy was given to war veterans suffering from PTSD.

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