Winter’s Bone is a mystery, thriller, and indie movie all rolled up into one spectacularly boring package starring Jennifer Lawrence as a 17 year-old family caregiver in BFE, Missouri. The mystery revolves around her attempts to locate her deadbeat dad, who put their house up for bail and skipped town. She is met with incredible hostility from the locals who do not wish to get involved with her search for him and pretty much has the support of no one in a race to find out the truth before the authorities kick her entire family to the curb because yeah the government is very interested in seeing what happens when a bunch of minors are forced to live like Bear Grylls.
Apparently this movie, like, won awards or something? It truly is an exercise in tedium; Jennifer tries her best to give a good performance, which is good because she really is the best part of this movie. The rest of it is fucking dull. At no point did I give a crap about her dad’s history or what happened to him, pretty much the entire supporting cast wants to kick the shit out her for asking questions or no reason, and the upticks in tension offered underwhelming resolution with unclear consequences. In the end, not a whole lot happens and the movie simply drowns in a cesspool of lameness. I suspect the screenplay looked good on paper and all the interesting stuff was left on the cutting room floor or handwaved as too complicated to use.
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