Winter's Bone


Well, this one was a real downer.  Never ever watch something like this at 8:30 in the morning.  Trust me.  So Winter's Bone won the grand jury prize at Sundance for dramatic film in 2010.  It tells the rather unsettling story of a young woman who has to find her father to save her family's house.  There's a desolate realism to the film that makes it that much more difficult to watch.  It's hard to relate to the characters.  They're all so horrifically entrenched in this culture of drugs, fear, and poverty.  The shining light of course is our heroine, Ree - played by Jennifer Lawrence.  It's definitely worth a watch, but I recommend a bowlful of cherries and sunshine afterward.  Trailer here.

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