Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
The Mule proves a tough sit, but by the end you might be satisfied you gritted through it.
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Australia · 2014
1h 43m
Director Tony Mahony
Starring Angus Sampson, Hugo Weaving, Ewen Leslie, Leigh Whannell
Genre Comedy, Crime
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In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a desperate choice: to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence... literally.
Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
The Mule proves a tough sit, but by the end you might be satisfied you gritted through it.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
While the film suffers from its own occasional sluggishness, it picks up as the lawmen watching our hero grow as strained as he is.
In the end, The Mule is essentially a straightforward, somewhat overextended crime story enlivened by its uniquely grotesque circumstances (based on a true story, as noted at the beginning), and directed by Mahony in a lean, no-frills style that’s entirely convincing where it counts.
The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth
Mahony and Sampson certainly know how to lay out a crime/thriller/comedy structurally, but unfortunately, they mishandle the tone and momentum this sort of movie needs to work.
The film’s biggest drawback is its essentially passive nature, which prevents it from ever building to a crescendo.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore
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