It's too late to fix the Free State of Jones, director - writer Gary Ross» well - meaning historical
drama about the curious case of Newton Knight, an army deserter who inspired a mixed race coalition of Mississippi farmers and runaway
slaves to
revolt against the Confederacy during the Civil War.
It's a rousing
slave revolt, an entertaining techno - thriller, a
drama about a dysfunctional household (chimp included) dealing with disability and job - related stresses (in the conflicted genetic engineer played by James Franco).