Winter's Bone (2010)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Admirable film.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

I understand why people may like Winter's Bone, but I don't understand why it's nominated for Best Picture. It's an interesting take on film noir, however it just comes out flat and dull. Plus, most of the dialogue is mumbled in monotone, so the story gets lost at times. I was disappointed.

A wonderful movie to watch; the nature and the people in the movie are fascinating. But what was it all about? A view on people who live at the edge of society, living a dismal life of cruelty, crime, drugs, anti-law and suppression of women? Sure that is it but I sense more in this movie like in many other American movies about borderline people in the countryside. It seems the movie makers of these films are looking for something genuine American under all tha raw behavior: independence of modern urban life which tries to overpower them. The state and all what is represent. In this movie 'Winters Bone' the independence of the person, his or her house and property is prominent all the time and the means to defend them by guns. And there is despite the drugs which sooth the rawness and pain of this life an admiration for this independence as something untouchable and at the hearth of being American. That is strange cause it are these people who admire Trump in his outspoken right wing and racist policies. Would these film makers in their hearth also admire Trump and not the soft liberal attitudes of the millennials in the city? Those are mostly portrayed in the movies as failures, estranged people in their urban life. The hillbillies are in the end not failures but proud people.

'Winter's Bone' is a subtle and slow moving drama featuring an excellent lead performance from an up and coming Jennifer Lawrence. The film is gritty, raw and appropriately stripped back. It focuses on conveying the story in the most simplistic way possible, featuring minimal music and short dialogue exchanges throughout.The film is set in a bleak rural environment, giving it a depressing and cold feel. In contrast, the story is uplifting and the characters and their relationship with one another enjoyable. This film has spirit and is successfully absorbing without the need to be brash or flashy. 'Winter's Bone' is a good film, recommended for those who enjoy more simple, stripped back and character-driven dramas.

Winter's Bone is about a girl, Ree, who has to take care to her brother, her sister and her mother, that has to face the most challenging time of her life when shes told that they're gonna loose their house. Sounds good, isn't it? Well, let me tell you in advance: It isn't that good. If there's something clear about this film, it's that this is probably the best Jennifer Lawrence performance to date. The way she makes the viewer believe in how Ree feels, to see the realness in it, is astounding. Really, if you still doubt about her acting skills this is a way to prove you wrong.And that's all the good about this movie, because the plot is just bad. Is frustrating how plain is in the first two thirds of the film, how it starts getting more intense in the third... and how anticlimactic is in the end. It literally left me asking "wait, is this done? This is the end?". It's a shame, but I can't find any good in this movie's plot. Such a wasted opportunity.If you are looking through Jennifer Lawrence filmography and have some spare time, maybe watch it. If else, it's just not worth it.