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Justin Chang, Variety: An excremental but hardly execrable Australian comedy-drama that plays like the klutzy, sheets-soiling stepbrother of "Maria Full of Grace." Read more
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: While the film suffers from its own occasional sluggishness, it picks up as the lawmen watching our hero grow as strained as he is. Read more
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: The Mule proves a tough sit, but by the end you might be satisfied you gritted through it. Read more