Average Rating: 8.3/10
Reviews Counted: 159
Fresh: 150 | Rotten: 9
Bleak, haunting, and yet still somehow hopeful, Winter's Bone is writer-director Debra Granik's best work yet -- and it boasts an incredible, starmaking performance from Jennifer Lawrence.
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 2
Bleak, haunting, and yet still somehow hopeful, Winter's Bone is writer-director Debra Granik's best work yet -- and it boasts an incredible, starmaking performance from Jennifer Lawrence.
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Her family home in danger of being repossessed after her meth-cooking dad skips bail and disappears, Ozark teen Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) breaks the local code of conduct by confronting her kin about their conspiracy of silence. Should she fail to track her father down, Ree Dolly, her younger siblings, and their disabled mother will soon be rendered homeless. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Jun 11, 2010 Wide
Oct 26, 2010
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This unblinking look at America's Red State Crystal Meth Belt is an instant Southern Gothic classic.
Winter's Bone is a genuine triumph, a great movie with astounding performances so natural, so genuine, that you forget it's a movie.
What we've been waiting for: a work of art that grabs hold and won't let go.
With Winter's Bone, Granik has morphed from a director worth watching to one who demands our undivided attention. She's got mine.
The result is a film and a character of unusual strength. Pity Ree, question her decisions, wonder about her future. But the girl does not quit.
Jennifer Lawrence gives a stirring turn in a gift-of-a-lifetime role.
Jennifer Lawrence is dazzling as the film's protagonist as she struggles to uncover the truth between her addict father's disappearance.
Winter's Bone is an absorbing and socially conscious piece of work, underwritten by the constant threat of violence.
Gritty and real...
Granik... proves a dab hand with the camera, capturing the starkness of the Ozarks and Ree's situation in a free-flowing and pensive way that transfers the chill of it all on to the screen.
Not having been to this part of the country, I can't say for sure whether Granik has captured it accurately. The point is that it feels genuine.
Granik pays deference to the curious ways of the mountain folk, rejecting the prevailing hillbilly clichés to depict people with hardy survival instincts in the grip of financial hardship and addiction.
An unflinching portrait of shabby life in the Ozarks, this powerful indie drama features an Oscar-caliber turn from Jennifer Lewis, a real discovery who's only 20, in the lead.
Winter's Bone certainly has its redeeming qualities, particularly its cinematography and a superb lead performance by Jennifer Lawrence, but man, does it feel EMPTY until a gripping sequence near the end.
An acutely gripping, grimly authentic thriller.
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Un retrato realista, crudo y duro de ambientes y personajes que viven al margen de la sociedad, de la ley y la moral, y que crece en intensidad como un thriller de suspenso. Estupendas actuaciones de Jennifer Lawrence y John Hawkes.
Uma narrativa densa e multifacetada que permite que aquelas pessoas desafiem nossos preconceitos e se apresentem como indivíduos imperfeitos, sim, mas jamais unidimensionais.
There is a profound sense of Neorealism percolating beneath Winter's Bone's noirish mystery plot.
Debra Granik's bleak little film is as tough, unflinching and fascinating as the characters who eke out a life amid its cold, gray hills.
... consciously attempting to avoid clichés can erode authenticity. To director Debra Granik's credit, realism permeates every frame of digital imagery
A gripping movie that graphically portrays poverty as the worst form of violence in the life of a 17-year-old heroine struggling to save her family.
Winter's Bone is boosted by a stellar cast of characters who engender both scares and occasional sympathy.
Winter's Bone is as quiet as a snake. It's a chilling and challenging visit into a remote -- perhaps alien -- world. But while Winter's Bone has anguish and fear, the film is ultimately life-affirming and real.
Slow, independent drama, with a great performance by Jennifer Lawrence. A look at a way of life that most of us wil never see. Really unnerving that families are put in the position of having to live the way this movie portrays, but it's all so true. Well done film. Good cast.
November 30, 2011Super Reviewer
Great movie. Drags a little at times but overall this was really well done. Jennifer Lawrence is fantastic.
December 7, 2010Super Reviewer
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