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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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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Antoine K

I went into this movie wanting to love it. I ended up liking it. I'm one for a slow movie but give me something to be involved with. I just didn't connect with the story. If you want to do a character study that's fine with me but with that story?? At least give me some thrills or suspense. Her journey should really have you involved but the director did not know how to make it thrilling or simply did not want to. Greatperformances though but not enough.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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J M

This is unmistakably a very well-made film buoyed by an extraordinary performance by Lawrence. Truth be told, before seeing this film, I didn't understand the hype. But she is pitch perfect here in a role that could have become an embarrassment. She has never been better. The movie itself does get to be a bit ponderous at times. It's relentlessly dark and grim - one could rightfully refer to it as poverty porn. And it's virtually impossible to keep track of all the kin and who's related to who and who did what to whom... One could make a Southern Gothic opera with this material. The fact that this works as well as it does is a credit to the filmmakers - this could have become unintentionally funny at any moment, like HEE HAW directed by Tarantino. But for the most part it works. And again, the anchor is Lawrence's riveting, utterly believable performance. And she is ably supported by Hawkes and especially Dickey, who feels 100% authentic. It's a relentless, exhausting experience that is ultimately worth the gloom. - Jeff Marshall, Movie Blogger (Facebook)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/24

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Gareth D

Not usually a Jennifer Lawrence fan, but she and the rest of cast excel in this gritty drama. Bravo!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Connie Ogle

Miami Herald

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.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 31, 2011

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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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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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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Debra Granik’s 2010 Ozarks-set grand guignol Winter’s Bone, which launched Jennifer Lawrence’s stardom...

Jan 3, 2023

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Winter's Bone is a bone, hard to chew. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 19, 2022

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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: Jonathan Scheuer, Shawn Simon
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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