Mud

It is a modern day Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn adventure story revolving around two 14-year-old boys growing up along the river in Arkansas and learning about love & life. Things get complicated when they stumble upon a shady man who  calls himself Mud (Mathew McConaughey). He is looking for his true love (Reese Witherspoon) and a bunch of bad boys from Texas are looking for him. The realistically honest characters draw you into this surprising story. The young kid actors are fabulous. Alien liked the down home rural setting complete with a WalMart and a Piggly Wiggly.

Alien gives it 3 "boat in a tree" stars out of 4.