Mr.Monahan
Film Studies
Winters Bone
Winter's Bone is a 2010 American drama film directed by Debra Granik, and adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini from the 2006 novel of the same name by Daniel Woodrell. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as a teenage girl in the rural Ozarks of Missouri who wants to protect her family from eviction and must locate her missing father.
Living in the Ozark backcountry, seventeen year old Ree Dolly acts as the primary caregiver to her mentally ill mother, and her two younger siblings, twelve year old Sonny and six year old Ashlee. Her father, Jessup Dolly, is generally absent from their lives, he who earns a living primarily by running a methamphetamine lab. Without money from Jessup, Ree is barely able to make ends meet, and depends on the kindness of their neighbor, Sonya, to do so. Ree learns that her father is scheduled for a court appearance for his illegal activities, and he has skipped bail, putting their house and property up as bond. No one seems to know where Jessup is. Ree has to try and find Jessup to make sure that he shows up for his court appearance, otherwise they risk losing their home. As Ree goes on her quest, she finds that people seem to know more about his whereabouts than they are letting on, including her uncle Teardrop of who she is scared. Rumors abound that Jessup is dead, but a dead father without a body does not help her cause. Anyways the movie ends with Teardrop realizing the gang were the ones that killed his brother, and him giving Ree the banjo before Ree’s sister plays her Uncle's former instrument as the screen cuts to black. But to be totally honest I did not enjoy the movie as much as I should have it was every long and drawn out and very easy to see what was going to happen next.
I rate the movie a 5/10 ish
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