Winter's Bone

R

Released Jun 11, 2010

1h 39m

Drama

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Faced with an unresponsive mother and a criminal father, Ozark teenager Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) does what she can to manage the household and take care of her two younger siblings. Informed by the sheriff (Garret Dillahunt) that their father put their home up for bond and then disappeared, Ree sets out on a dangerous quest to find him. Her entire family's fate now in her hands, Ree challenges her outlaw kin's code of silence and risks her life to learn her father's fate.

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Critics Consensus

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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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

A rewarding, richly detailed exploration of the strength of character required when confronted by ugly truths.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 17, 2010

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

The Coen Brothers' O Brother Where Art Thou? was the last film to make such delirious use of mountain music. The rest of the world can start drooling over Lawrence. I'm gonna git me a copy of that soundtrack.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 22, 2010

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

The film, adapted by director Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini from the novel by Daniel Woodrell, establishes a formidable tension between mystery and matter-of-factness.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 17, 2010

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Noah Berlatsky

Splice Today

Granik and Lawrence paint a gray world in which the patriarchy is indifferent at best and actively hostile at worst to women’s aspirations and stories.

Jun 11, 2024

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Nadia Dalimonte

Next Best Picture

What makes “Winter’s Bone” a revelation is not necessarily the story itself but the tonal and atmospheric understanding of this world that the cast and crew bring.

Rated: 8/10

Jun 10, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

This is an engrossing film, one about the different ways in which people react to impossible situations. And without becoming hackneyed or corny, the story offers a moving solution when it could have so easily fallen into a trap of hopelessness.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 9, 2023

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d m

#Recommended 7/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/25/24

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Gregory M

Absolutely horrible. If you like red necks and their inner turmoil you’ll love it. Literally the most boring film I’ve seen in years. I couldn’t finish it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/24/24

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Skye W

I love Jennifer Lawrence and wanted to see some of her earliest work, but was extremely disappointed with this movie. In a word it's BORING. A real slog. One slow story line, not much dialog, writing was weak and the whole movie is shot out in the woods for what looks like a $5 budget. A real waste of time IMHO.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/02/24

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Дана Л

Good movie and I like the Jennifer Lawrence play in here.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/28/24

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Stan H

If you have somehow missed this movie over years, find it. It's a bleak, low budget gem. When it originally came out, I happened to stumble across it one day while I was out looking for something to do and spotted it playing at a small art house theater. Although I had never heard of her before, from the very first scene, I knew Jennifer Lawrence would be a star. John Hawkes was great, too.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Stu M

Superb authentic film, beautifully filmed and Jennifer Lawrence is outstanding , never overacting or hamming it up.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Synopsis

Faced with an unresponsive mother and a criminal father, Ozark teenager Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) does what she can to manage the household and take care of her two younger siblings. Informed by the sheriff (Garret Dillahunt) that their father put their home up for bond and then disappeared, Ree sets out on a dangerous quest to find him. Her entire family's fate now in her hands, Ree challenges her outlaw kin's code of silence and risks her life to learn her father's fate.

Director: Debra Granik
Producer: Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan
Screenwriter: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: Anonymous Content, Winter's Bone Prods.
Rating: R (Some Drug Material|Language|Violent Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 11, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.5M
Runtime: 1h 39m

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