Winter's Bone
Directed by: Debra Granik
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes
Rated: R for drug material, language, and violent content
With unforgiving honesty, the film Winter's Bone gives the typical missing-persons thriller a unique twist, placing it in the back-woods south, a setting as devoid of goodness, beauty, and color as any inner city. The film follows 17 year old Ree (Jennifer Lawrence) who is tracking her father to ensure the family home, which he had placed as his bond money, is not lost by him not showing for court. A web of drug trails and corrupt families turns the film into as tense and dramatic of thriller as one can find. Jennifer Lawrence plays the role of Ree with conviction well beyond her years, giving us a sympathetic hero who is motivated by raising her two younger siblings to undergo this incredibly dangerous journey. The film, which delves into a world of sin without showing it in detail, is a cross between No Country For Old Men and That Evening Sun. It's also as good as either.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes
Rated: R for drug material, language, and violent content
With unforgiving honesty, the film Winter's Bone gives the typical missing-persons thriller a unique twist, placing it in the back-woods south, a setting as devoid of goodness, beauty, and color as any inner city. The film follows 17 year old Ree (Jennifer Lawrence) who is tracking her father to ensure the family home, which he had placed as his bond money, is not lost by him not showing for court. A web of drug trails and corrupt families turns the film into as tense and dramatic of thriller as one can find. Jennifer Lawrence plays the role of Ree with conviction well beyond her years, giving us a sympathetic hero who is motivated by raising her two younger siblings to undergo this incredibly dangerous journey. The film, which delves into a world of sin without showing it in detail, is a cross between No Country For Old Men and That Evening Sun. It's also as good as either.
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