An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
With an absent father and a withdrawn and depressed mother, 17 year-old Ree Dolly keeps her family together in a dirt poor rural area. She's taken aback however when the local Sheriff tells her that her father put up their house as collateral for his bail and unless he shows up for his trial in a week's time, they will lose it all. She knows her father is involved in the local drug trade and manufactures crystal meth, but everywhere she goes the message is the same: stay out of it and stop poking your nose in other people's business. She refuses to listen, even after her father's brother, Teardrop, tells her he's probably been killed. She pushes on, putting her own life in danger, for the sake of her family until the truth, or enough of it, is revealed.
Written by garykmcd
For her role as Ree Dolly, Jennifer Lawrence had to learn how to skin squirrels, chop wood, and fight.
See more »
Goofs
Revealing mistakes:
FLIPPED SHOT: When the sheriff first talks to Ree, the neighbor walks past a truck to eavesdrop. The truck's logo and license plate are reversed, as if in a mirror.
See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Ree:
[waking her]
Ashlee Dawn... Ashlee:
Hmmm?
[to her brother]
Ashlee:
Wake up... See more »
"Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies"
Traditional Performed by Marideth Sisco with Dennis Crider, Kim & Jim Lansford, DJ Shumate, and Billy WardSee more »