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Winter's Bone

  • 20102010
  • RR
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
142K
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POPULARITY
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Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (2010)
17 year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared.  If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods.  Challenging her outlaw kinÂ’s code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth.
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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.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.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.

IMDb RATING
7.1/10
142K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,966
399
  • Director
    • Debra Granik
  • Writers
    • Debra Granik(screenplay)
    • Anne Rosellini(screenplay)
    • Daniel Woodrell(novel)
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Lawrence
    • John Hawkes
    • Garret Dillahunt
Top credits
  • Director
    • Debra Granik
  • Writers
    • Debra Granik(screenplay)
    • Anne Rosellini(screenplay)
    • Daniel Woodrell(novel)
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Lawrence
    • John Hawkes
    • Garret Dillahunt
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 385User reviews
    • 237Critic reviews
    • 90Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 4 Oscars
      • 63 wins & 131 nominations total

    Videos2

    Winter's Bone
    Trailer 2:26
    Winter's Bone
    'Winter's Bone' | Anniversary Mashup
    Clip 1:23
    'Winter's Bone' | Anniversary Mashup

    Photos243

    Lauren Sweetser in Winter's Bone (2010)
    Dale Dickey in Winter's Bone (2010)
    Jennifer Lawrence, Ashlee Thompson, and Isaiah Stone in Winter's Bone (2010)
    Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (2010)
    Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (2010)
    Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (2010)
    Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (2010)
    John Hawkes and Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (2010)
    John Hawkes in Winter's Bone (2010)
    Debra Granik in Winter's Bone (2010)
    Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (2010)
    Jennifer Lawrence, Ashlee Thompson, and Isaiah Stone in Winter's Bone (2010)

    Top cast

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    Jennifer Lawrence
    Jennifer Lawrence
    • Reeas Ree
    John Hawkes
    John Hawkes
    • Teardropas Teardrop
    Garret Dillahunt
    Garret Dillahunt
    • Sheriff Baskinas Sheriff Baskin
    Isaiah Stone
    Isaiah Stone
    • Sonnyas Sonny
    Ashlee Thompson
    • Ashleeas Ashlee
    Valerie Richards
    • Connieas Connie
    Shelley Waggener
    Shelley Waggener
    • Sonyaas Sonya
    William White
    • Blond Miltonas Blond Milton
    Ramona Blair
    • Parenting Teacheras Parenting Teacher
    Lauren Sweetser
    Lauren Sweetser
    • Gailas Gail
    Andrew Burnley
    • Baby Nedas Baby Ned
    Philip Burnley
    • Baby Nedas Baby Ned
    • (as Phillip Burnley)
    Isaac Skidmore
    • Baby Nedas Baby Ned
    Cody Brown
    • Floydas Floyd
    Cinnamon Schultz
    • Victoriaas Victoria
    Casey MacLaren
    • Meganas Megan
    Kevin Breznahan
    Kevin Breznahan
    • Little Arthuras Little Arthur
    Dale Dickey
    Dale Dickey
    • Merabas Merab
    • Director
      • Debra Granik
    • Writers
      • Debra Granik(screenplay)
      • Anne Rosellini(screenplay)
      • Daniel Woodrell(novel)
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    Storyline

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    Her family home in danger of being repossessed after her dad skips bail and disappears, Ozark teen Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) breaks the local code of conduct by confronting her kin about their conspiracy of silence. Should she fail to track her father down, Ree Dolly, her younger siblings, and their disabled mother will soon be rendered homeless.
    • ozark mountains
    • family relationships
    • drug trade
    • family crisis
    • search for father
    • 223 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Everyone's got a secret
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Mystery
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for some drug material, language and violent content
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Jennifer Lawrence was originally turned down for the role of Ree for being "too pretty." She flew overnight into New York City, walked 13 blocks in the sleet to the casting office, and auditioned with a runny nose and hair she hadn't washed in a week. Lawrence won the role, and ultimately, her first Academy Award nomination (for Best Actress) at 20 years old.
    • Goofs
      When Ree is in the boat about to use the chainsaw, there is no chain on the bar of the saw.
    • Quotes

      Sonny: Maybe they'll share some of that with us.

      Ree: That could be.

      Sonny: Maybe we should ask.

      Ree: Never ask for what oughta be offered.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The A-Team/The Karate Kid/Winter's Bone (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      The Missouri Waltz
      (1914)

      Words by J.R. Shannon

      Music by John Valentine Eppel

      a.k.a. "Hush-a'bye, Ma Baby"

      Performed a capella by Marideth Sisco

    User reviews385

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Shades of Deliverance, deja vu
    This film tells the sad story of inbred, poverty-stricken, Missouri Ozark hillbillies trying to scratch out a living on poor soil and even worse personal resources, so it was no wonder meth production was embraced as a life-changing profit center that had the illegal potential to change their lives for the better. Their poor lives before meth had a certain dignity in the hard struggle for survival in an uncaring world that had passed them by or never allowed them to catch up, either or both, but cheap and dangerous drug production leading to fast but risky money took these unfortunates down a road that surely few would have chosen if they had a chance beforehand to see any of the personal and social harm it created in a society already at great risk of decent survival. What great harm it did was shown and acted brilliantly, as it pushed these already at-risk people lower down the chain of life than before and surely even lower than the wild animals they had to kill for food.

    A young girl of 17, seeming older than her years, beaten up and beaten down, wary of those around her but needing their help, and with 2 young siblings and a helpless mother to care for, she learned that her drug-making, drugged-out father disappeared and missed a court date for a drug arrest, and the most important task of her life then became finding her father before they lost their meager home to bondsmen, as that sorry home place was all they had in the world but it was home and she intended with all her heart and soul to do whatever it took to keep it and her family together. The acting throughout was appropriately serious to deadly, with hardly even a smile to be seen, and left us thankful as seldom before for whatever our own lives give us compared to those in the story.

    Such a grim and foreboding task the daughter had, with imminent harm threatening around every corner she turned and behind every door on which she knocked, even those of relatives. Determination can get you far, but only so far unless you get a few breaks, and that long quest for a decent break was what kept viewer's eyes glued to the screen until it all played out in the end as could be expected in that dire situation.

    Bleak, stark, harsh, mean, cruel...all those tough adjectives were present in full force throughout her search, but present also was her eternal fire of human spirit and family duty that would never quit. When actual survival is at stake, this story showed well that some of us truly can find the right stuff to survive when no better choices are possible.
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    • Jun 21, 2010

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 16, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lazos de sangre
    • Filming locations
      • Forsyth, Missouri, USA
    • Production companies
      • Anonymous Content
      • Winter's Bone Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,531,503
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $84,797
      • Jun 13, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $13,796,834
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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