Winter's Bone

very good debut film from the star of the hunger games. read more

wow! what a great movie. the best way i can describe it is a hillbilly corleone family. i will warn you however this is a movie lovers movie. winters bone will be seen as very slow by most who watch. i though believe it is a very powerful and fascinating story. jennifer lawrence gives a break out and oscar worthy performance. a lot of the actors in the movie were from the town it was filmed in which most times is a receipt for disaster, but they were able to pull it off. this also is a break out movie for the director debra granik whos first movie down to the bone was decent, but didnt hit... read more

17-year old girl tries to save her family's land from dispossession while her mother is mentally disabled and father is missing. Dry, unsentimental exploration of America's unfathomable immensity, with characters trying to live by their own rules in areas nobody could reasonably try and control, it gives a realistic look to social contexts widely exploited by horror films. Jennifer Lawrence's standout performance helps bringing home the idea that, as bleak as winters can get, spring will eventually come. (Rai Movie) read more