Critic Reviews
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Metascore
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For all the horror, it's the drive toward life, not the decay, that lingers in the mind. As a modern heroine, Ree Dolly has no peer, and Winter's Bone is the year's most stirring film.
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Again, Granik has foregrounded a bold woman, expertly balanced between fearlessness and Ree's own private nervousness.
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One of the unshowiest and most true-blooded epics of Americana you're ever likely to see.
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Granik has no taste for noir archness, opting for a chilly, shot-on-decaying-locations naturalism that feels as lived-in as Lawrence's performance.
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Spectacular for its humanity, austere beauty and heart-stopping urgency.
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Every so often a film gets under our skin with its haunting authenticity, reinforcing our faith in the wonderfully transporting power of cinematic storytelling. Winter's Bone is unquestionably that film.
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This movie's an absolute knockout. I know it's only June, but I'm damned if this isn't the breakthrough American film of the year.
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The movie heroes who affect me most are not extroverted. They don't strut, speechify and lead armies. They have no superpowers. They are ordinary people who are faced with a need and rise to the occasion. Ree Dolly is such a hero.
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Winter's Bone is the best film of the year.
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It's those noir bones that give this social-realist drama its punch, as if Humphrey Bogart had been recast as a 17-year-old girl and dropped into the poorest corner of America.
