Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone
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Winner of a Grand Jury Prize and Screenwriting Award at Sundance, filmmaker Debra Granik (Down to the Bone) delivers a bleak masterpiece in Winter's Bone. Part family drama, part whodunit, the plot follows a teenage girl (Jennifer Lawrence) deep into the Ozarks in search of her errant ex-con father. Meanwhile, her sick mother and siblings wait just below the poverty line on a rural tract of land that will be seized unless he shows up in court. "Raw but utterly enveloping...The film's atmosphere of suspicion, foreboding and everyday misery would be too much to bear if not for the rich emotional anchor supplied by Lawrence" (Variety). With John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, and Garret Dillahunt. Debra Granik---USA---2010---100 mins.

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   | MrTransfer#1

Well written and directed. The actors did an excellent of making their characters real. The film shows us the fodder than fires the capitalist machine. They are victims who can't see or find their way out of the bottom. You need to see this film and discuss how they got there and what is the way out. Rv

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   | Renee#2

Convincing portrayal of desperate poverty, an outlaw community, and a brave young woman. It is relentlessly troubling, as such a drama should be.

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   | JohnH#1

Reminded me of a Dardennes brothers lacerating study of a segment of the permanent underclass, in this case rural, crank addicted Mid-south American losers. Alas, pretty true to life. Also, like in a Dardennes film, a ray or hope shines through at the end. There is a difference though. In a Dardennes film it seems to be some sort of residual moral or religious sense that kick starts a protagonist's conscience. His or her future may not be any brighter, but they may be secure in the knowledge that they have done the "right thing". In "Winter's bone" blind luck comes to the rescue. Unfortunately, the real future for the type of poor whites portrayed in "Winter's bone" is decidedly more bleak.

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