Sorry, this movie sucks

Absolutely brilliant

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This can be a very hard film to fully grasp and understand, mostly due to the neo-realistic elements. Granik obviously put a lot of passion into this film and tried to present a strong female protagonist. There are some good elements, like the unique editing and cinematography. It reflects the reality they are trying to present with its overly bleak tone. The setting is so depressing to look at which further draw out the upsetting story and characters. Some of the acting is quite good, particularly Jennifer Lawrence pulling off a difficult accent. However, I feel the plot can sometimes make the film really hard to pay attention to. You really need to pay attention, so the plot and dark nature of the film can make viewers struggle to pay attention. It is definitely not a film for everyone, so I suggest fully researching it before watching.

It had a premise that didn't sound particularly interesting but is really one hell of a good movie. It may be a culture shock to some (which is a good thing) but this is one of the most emotionally moving films I've ever seen. An absolute must see dramatic thriller. Proof positive of how talented J-Law is.

After Jennifer Lawrence's absolute explosion into super-stardom over the past couple of years, I wanted to go back and see the movie that gave her a start. While I was expecting great things, I was disappointed by how bleak the proceedings were.For a basic plot summary, "Winter's Bone" is set in the deepest reaches of the Ozark Mountains, where everyone is related to another in some form, crystal meth is the business of choice, and the law even stays out of the way. When the father of 17-year old Ree (Lawrence) does not make his bail and sets up his family to lose their house, Ree must venture into the most dangerous families in the mountains to locate him.Perhaps the biggest overall problem with this movie is that you almost need to have subtitles on to understand the dialogue (and I'm not hard of hearing whatsoever). Besides Ree, everyone else either mumbles or talks in such a back-woods accent that it makes it very difficult to navigate many scenes. For example, Teardrop (John Hawkes) has a key scene at one point with Ree, and it took me a couple of tries to fully understand what is going on.Another shortcoming is the fact that no one really gets to emote in this film besides Lawrence. I know this is supposed to be a bleak movie, but I still believe that films need to give the audience some sort of overt dramatic material to really care about. "People just living their lives" is supposed to be enough to carry this flick, but for me it isn't.About the only redeeming value of this movie for me was how it shows the life of some people in the Ozark Mountains. Much like a more-recent "Out of the Furnance", it is interesting (eye- opening?) to see that there are communities who create their own kind of law and justice.Thus, while I can see why this film rocketed Lawrence the individual to stardom, the overall film itself is no classic. Even in what are supposed to be its most dramatic moments, it failed to really suck me into the story or make me care one way or the other.

Jennifer Lawrence received a best actress nomination, her first, for this 2010 film. To me, she did a nice imitation of the way a Holly Hunter or Reese Witherspoon would have handled the role.The film takes place in the backwoods of Missouri, essentially a poverty row, where Lawrence is taking care of two younger siblings and a mother who barely talks. Daddy is out on bond and it never is totally clear what his offense is all about-apparently, it's drugs and he has talked to the authorities about his associates and this leads to his mangled demise.To save her home which has been placed on the bond, she desperately seeks out her father only to learn the sad truth. He has a brother and who is that woman who slaps her around and then tells her where her father may be found?A totally unsatisfying film.