It is an ode to freedom, a good independent film uses, but the style uses.We should not be influenced to know how Jennifer Lawrence got the role, who did the casting twice, a good girl and did not take it for that and then came back without sleep two days and without bathing and was when they selected it, but is that great . I would say it was his best part.The movie comes to you. He catches you and will not let you go. It's one of those movies that you believe it all.The picture you have is great. It has a cold photograph, like everything that happens in the film. It counts, accompanies and is beautiful.The direction, although it is a little long, although it does not make nice plans, nor knows how to narrate with the camera, but it is very simple, but at least it has made a film that you like to see.It's a movie that will remain

It had a premise that didn't sound particularly interesting but is really one hell of a good movie. It may be a culture shock to some (which is a good thing) but this is one of the most emotionally moving films I've ever seen. An absolute must see dramatic thriller. Proof positive of how talented J-Law is.

Jennifer Lawrence is really good actress who unfortunately acts mostly in lousy movies. Beside Poker House and Silver Linings that are great, all the other movies I saw so far were really lousy... X-Men, The Hunger Games, Winter's Bone...8/10 for Jennifer5/10 for movie

After Jennifer Lawrence's absolute explosion into super-stardom over the past couple of years, I wanted to go back and see the movie that gave her a start. While I was expecting great things, I was disappointed by how bleak the proceedings were.For a basic plot summary, "Winter's Bone" is set in the deepest reaches of the Ozark Mountains, where everyone is related to another in some form, crystal meth is the business of choice, and the law even stays out of the way. When the father of 17-year old Ree (Lawrence) does not make his bail and sets up his family to lose their house, Ree must venture into the most dangerous families in the mountains to locate him.Perhaps the biggest overall problem with this movie is that you almost need to have subtitles on to understand the dialogue (and I'm not hard of hearing whatsoever). Besides Ree, everyone else either mumbles or talks in such a back-woods accent that it makes it very difficult to navigate many scenes. For example, Teardrop (John Hawkes) has a key scene at one point with Ree, and it took me a couple of tries to fully understand what is going on.Another shortcoming is the fact that no one really gets to emote in this film besides Lawrence. I know this is supposed to be a bleak movie, but I still believe that films need to give the audience some sort of overt dramatic material to really care about. "People just living their lives" is supposed to be enough to carry this flick, but for me it isn't.About the only redeeming value of this movie for me was how it shows the life of some people in the Ozark Mountains. Much like a more-recent "Out of the Furnance", it is interesting (eye- opening?) to see that there are communities who create their own kind of law and justice.Thus, while I can see why this film rocketed Lawrence the individual to stardom, the overall film itself is no classic. Even in what are supposed to be its most dramatic moments, it failed to really suck me into the story or make me care one way or the other.