Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Absolutely Fantastic

Absolutely Brilliant!

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

As someone born and raised in that area (my family has been here over 200 years now) it is insanely realistic. The clothing, the culture, and the desperation that comes from generations of extreme poverty and hopelessness.

Winter's Bone Among plenty of character driven features that are produced, only few of them gets it right and this is definitely one of them. As mentioned, there is a lot of craft to explore in here that too in each aspect, as usually as an indie feature does and the primary reason to that is the free spirit that it brings along with it that needs no boundaries and isn't afraid on telling its own story. The writing is strong, witty with gripping screenplay that leaves the audience on the edge of the seat throughout the course of the feature with a hint of mystery in the air. Debra Granik; the screen-writer and director, has done a tremendous work on pulling off such a feature through her brilliant execution skills where each frame is given equal importance and speaks volume in here. On performance level, it all comes down to Jennifer Lawrence; the protagonist, who carries it off all on her shoulder with her head held high. It is short on technical aspects like sound department and art design but is fulfilling in its perfect editing. Winter's Bone is a concrete supporter to the cinema, actors, makers and the audience as it conveys crucial message in crystal clear language that cannot go unheard.

This film is about a 17-year-old girl who lives in the Ozark Mountains and is trying to find her father, who is missing.Critics love this film and it won a lot of awards. However, it's boring and incomplete. It portrays all the inhabitants of the area as violent, hostile, primitive idiots who are involved in illegal drug production. At the end, the father is found dead in a lake. A partial view of his corpse is all we see of him. It's strongly implied that he was murdered by a rival drug gang - but we don't know where, when or how. It would have been much better if there had been flashbacks of the murder.

The movie that brought Jennifer Lawrence to my attention casts her as a teenage girl having to look after her impoverished family in rural Missouri. The movie is shot in a naturalistic style to give a real feeling of the miserable existence that the characters lead. In her quest to find her father, the girl is forced to confront people who have had tension with her family over the years, but she is determined to press on.I've seen a number of Jennifer Lawrence's movies over the past few years, but this is the first Debra Granik movie that I've seen. I am truly impressed. I hope to see more of her work. "Winter's Bone" is among the best that cinema has to offer. I highly recommend it.