Jennifer Lawrence

John Hawkes

Kevin Breznahan

Dale Dickey

Garret Dillahunt

Sheryl Lee

Shelley Waggener

Isaiah Stone

Lauren Sweetser

Ashlee Thompson

Valerie Richards

Cinnamon Schultz

Casey MacLaren

Tate Taylor

Ronnie Hall

Cody Brown

William White

Beth Domann

Charlotte Jeane Lucas

Ramona Blair

Russell Schalk

Marideth Sisco

Isaac Skidmore

Debra Granik

Daniel Woodrell

Dickon Hinchliffe

Paul Schnee

Anne Rosellini

Affonso Gonçalves

Kerry Barden

Michael McDonough

Rebecca Brown

Mark White

Jolian Blevins

Yann Sobezynski

Nina Kuhn

Andrew Cesana

Alan Pierce

Maura Anderson

Cedric Vara

Marina Proctor

Maya Hardinge

Barbara Jean Kearney

Rebecca Hofherr

Alix Madigan

Kathryn Dean

Susan Hatfield

Shawn Patrick Nash

Jonathan Scheuer

Shawn Simon

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Mystery

Winter's Bone

Anonymous Content

Winter's Bone Productions

Fortissimo Films

Netherlands

United States of America

English

sheriff

based on novel or book

missouri

suspicion

teenage girl

poverty

struggle for survival

backwoods

sibling

mental illness

responsibility

uncle niece relationship

mountain country

bail bondsman

woman director

family crisis

drug manufacturing

crystal meth

rural setting

slow burn

drug usage

harsh

taking care of siblings

gutsy

Andres Gomez

Really good thriller/drama. Cast and direction are impressive, the script is round and the depicting of the surroundings is really genuine.

CinemaSerf

There are some really plausible performances in this quite chilling drama. It's all about "Ree" (Jennifer Lawrence) whose life is turned upside down when her dad uses their mountain-side home as collateral for a bail bond, then promptly skips the scene. "Ree" is left in the lurch, made worse by having to care for her clinically depressed mother and her younger brother and sister. Now she knows that he's mixed up with a local, pretty lucrative, meth lab and so not only might they be facing eviction but with his absconding, what little cash the family did have has dried up too. Luckily, neighbour "Sonya" (Shelley Waggener) chips in to help them out but she's still got to find "Jessup" and that's going to involve dealing with uncle "Teardrop" (John Hawkes) of whom she's pretty terrified. When folks start to think he's dead, or left the state, she finds the clock ticking and the dense Ozark terrain presenting quite a challenge if she is to track him down. It's not the greatest or most original of stories but Lawrence and Hawkes deliver strongly and the gorgeous photography amidst the ancient woodlands - complete with some creative audio effects and a score that does engender some degree of menace - all build to quite a potent climax. It perhaps doesn't show off the finer sides of their rural community as moonshine has clearly been succeeded on the ladder of valuable illicit commodities, and those involved in the manufacture and distribution of this new drug are quite prepared to do what is necessary to keep their supply chain going - with few scruples!

WINTER'S BONE Director/Co-Writer, Debra Granik on Casting the Film

Official US Theatrical Trailer

Meet the Artists: Debra Granik

Winter's Bone( 2010)

Talking just causes witnesses.

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A review by Andres Gomez

Written by Andres Gomez on Tue Dec 02 2014

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