Winter's Bone

Gabby Jeannette
12/15/16

Winter's Bone was a 2010 drama starring the well known actress, Jennifer Lawrence. All though the plot was an inspiring idea with a strong female lead, the attempt wasn't as good as it could have been. The movie ended up being very uneventful and at some points a letdown. I wasn't in class when we started watching it, so maybe that had an impact on my opinion cause the concept was rough to pick up at first.

When I started to watch it was that Jennifer Lawrence was the eldest daughter of a back wood family and was like a mom too her two younger siblings. Her mother wasn't capable of taking care of them, the dad was wanted by the police and later killed, so she was the only support these two children has. After a while you start to learn that her dad is not only wanted by the police, he is wanted by this mob like group too and they decided to take their angers out on her. Her uncle that the tone of the film in the beginning came off as kind of sketchy, ended up being one of the only adults to help her out. He saved her when the mob was beating her up to send her a lesson. He also was their for her after she found out her dad, gave them a chicken, etc. He may have been a bad influence at times but it was only because he was mad about the death of his brother.
Also, something that caught my eye about the movie was that it was all over the place. One moment they were showing the conflict with the police, then the next they would jump to her talking to her mom or two her uncle, then the mob. It's possible they did that to show how this crisis effected all of the aspects of her life. I believe there was more organized, simpler way to showcase that idea. All and all this movie has extreme potential to be a strong drama with a great female leader that fights through the struggle for her family. The end product ended up not being as stunning as it could have been. Which is upsetting because the cast was wonderful with Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes.