Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010) [Archive]

Wake Up

06/16/10, 10:47 PM

ebert loves it (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100616%2FREVIEWS%2 F100619992)
slant loves it (http://slantmagazine.com/film/review/winters-bone/4854)

so damn excited

Guern1ca

06/16/10, 10:57 PM

Yup. It's gonna rock. Next wknd for me! Coming to my indie jawnt down at school the same day as Exit Through the Gift Shop. Tits.

Thomas Balkcom

06/17/10, 06:25 AM

that'll be an awesome double feature.

PaperRival-Jake

06/17/10, 10:39 AM

Really excited for this.

IAmNietzche

06/30/10, 07:41 AM

I don't know if you guys ended up seeing this but I would highly recommend. My favorite of the year so far.

Guern1ca

06/30/10, 07:49 AM

Didn't actually come last week. I cried.

marrost

06/30/10, 07:56 AM

Garret Dillahunt deserves a big role already. He's been consistently delivering as a character actor for some time. Surely this performance will be no different.

IAmNietzche

06/30/10, 08:01 AM

Garret Dillahunt deserves a big role already. He's been consistently delivering as a character actor for some time. Surely this performance will be no different.
Yup, he was great.

Thomas Balkcom

06/30/10, 09:44 AM

I don't think I am getting this until next week.

-Aaron-

07/17/10, 02:55 PM

I'm finally getting around to seeing this tonight. Every time I've planned on seeing it bullshit got in the way. Pretty excited.

Wake Up

07/30/10, 02:10 PM

Seeing this tonight.

TJ Wells

07/30/10, 08:00 PM

If Jennifer Lawrence isn't AT LEAST nominated for Best Actress it will be highway robbery. Will be quite surprised if I see a better female performance this year.

-Aaron-

07/31/10, 01:24 AM

Every performance for this was fucking amazing.

Thomas Balkcom

08/05/10, 11:09 PM

coming to DVD/BD October 26th, 2010: http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4956

Wake Up

08/05/10, 11:17 PM

Very excited, still haven't seen it.

Thomas Balkcom

08/06/10, 05:32 AM

neither have I.

SLoT

08/06/10, 07:41 AM

haha, Winter's Bone... anyway, I will have to check this out, it sounds like something I might like.

meeotch

08/06/10, 08:18 AM

Was very lucky to see this, although I had to make the near two hour drive. Well worth it. Probably my favorite of the year so far. John Hawkes...wow.

TJ Wells

08/06/10, 05:09 PM

If Jennifer Lawrence isn't AT LEAST nominated for an Oscar come January, that's it. I give up. She is fucking astounding in this.

TJ Wells

08/06/10, 05:13 PM

I'm listening to a podcast doing their top five performances of the year so far, and wow, they are right, Hawkes really does have a Cazale aura to him.

-Aaron-

08/10/10, 09:24 AM

Finally saw this tonight and it's definitely worthy of all the praise it's been getting. On a semi-related note I was recently made aware there's an area of KY known as "Meth Mountain" and this film more or less portrays what goes down in eastern KY on a daily basis.

MY grandparents live right outside Branson, Missouri; where this was filmed. It was interesting to see roads I've driven on that I'd never in a million years expect to see in a movie. The film captures the feeling of the year perfectly. Meth is such a part of that community it's scary.

Wake Up

08/19/10, 07:47 PM

Very glad I got to see this film tonight. Just spectacular.

Thomas Balkcom

10/18/10, 09:47 PM

I finally watched and it did not disappoint.

terrycw89

10/19/10, 01:26 AM

Jennifer Lawrence's performance was incredible. So glad I finally got to watch this.

domotime2

10/19/10, 01:29 AM

okay....totally porn title

Mitch

11/06/10, 03:10 PM

So good.

Bob Payne

11/07/10, 09:01 AM

Would totally love it if John Hawkes got a Best Supporting nomination for this.

meeotch

11/07/10, 09:10 AM

Would totally love it if John Hawkes got a Best Supporting nomination for this.
Yes, please.

SkyHeldUpByStar

11/27/10, 11:36 PM

Finally got to see this movie. Beautiful film and definitely one of my favorites of the year.

indecipherable

11/28/10, 01:57 AM

I'm glad people are still making films like this.

JuneJuly

11/28/10, 02:01 AM

Saw it when I first moved to Milwaukee. I enjoyed it.

Wake Up

12/05/10, 05:56 PM

Unlikely, but would be absolutely fantastic. Love all the oscar camp-ing that's been going on for this film.

http://www.ifc.com/news/2010/11/for-their-consideration-john-h.php

But it isn't simply that Hawkes is a convincing heavy; plenty of people do that every year and don't get Oscar nominations for it. What makes his performance as Teardrop special is the way he provides near-subliminal hints of depths beneath the terrifying facade. Lawrence is the star and dominates the screentime. When Teardrop is onscreen at all, he's with Ree, and they're either talking about Jessup or looking for him. Hawkes doesn't have a lot of opportunities to express what is on his character's mind and even if he did, a man like Teardrop would never tell his niece how he was feeling. So Hawkes has to say it all with gestures: the slouch behind the wheel of his truck, the desperate way he drags on his cigarette. In "Winter's Bone"'s final scene, he tells us exactly what is going to happen to Teardrop after the film is over without uttering a single word.

terrycw89

12/05/10, 06:03 PM

I'd love to see Hawkes get a nom for supporting actor, but I really don't think it's possible with Bale, Garfield, Damon, Penn, Rush, Murray, and Ruffalo in the running.

DickfaceChillah

12/05/10, 06:06 PM

I really hope Ruffalo doesn't get a Kids nod. I dig him a lot, and thought he was certainly good in the role, but nothing about that film is award worthy.

Chemical Love

12/05/10, 06:11 PM

Very good movie, but anti-climatic.

Wake Up

12/05/10, 06:18 PM

I couldn't disagree more with that statement.

DickfaceChillah

12/05/10, 06:19 PM

There's no climax in the traditional sense of the word, but the film defies tradition.

JuneJuly

12/05/10, 06:20 PM

I couldn't disagree more with that statement.

whoa whoa whoa you're the guy behind 'arrange'?

Wake Up

12/05/10, 06:28 PM

There's no climax in the traditional sense of the word, but the film defies tradition.

I don't get very emotional in the cinemas, but the damn scene in the river tore me apart. I couldn't imagine a film like Winter's Bone delivering anything larger than that.

whoa whoa whoa you're the guy behind 'arrange'?

yes sir!

terrycw89

12/05/10, 06:53 PM

I really hope Ruffalo doesn't get a Kids nod. I dig him a lot, and thought he was certainly good in the role, but nothing about that film is award worthy.

I'm almost certain that he will, though I don't really see what was so exceptional about his performance. I'm also surprised that Bening is getting as much buzz as she is. I liked Moore's performance a lot more.

DickfaceChillah

12/05/10, 06:54 PM

I'm almost certain that he will, though I don't really see what was so exceptional about his performance. I'm also surprised that Bening is getting as much buzz as she is. I liked Moore's performance a lot more.

Here's why I think Benning was so effective:

She annoyed me to the point I wanted to put a fucking BULLET in her head AND mine. Oscar worthy? No. Praise worthy? I'd say. She perfected incredibly condescending and annoyingly dykey.

Thomas Balkcom

12/05/10, 09:57 PM

best movie of the year (at this point) and it isn't even close.

IAmNietzche

12/06/10, 12:24 PM

best movie of the year (at this point) and it isn't even close.
oooooo I dunno. Not saying these are necessarily better, but Night Catches Us, Red Hill and NY Export: Opus Jazz give Bone a run for its money.

Thomas Balkcom

12/06/10, 10:24 PM

oooooo I dunno. Not saying these are necessarily better, but Night Catches Us, Red Hill and NY Export: Opus Jazz give Bone a run for its money.

while I really, really enjoyed Red Hill, I'm kind of shocked to see you put it as one of the year's best. Not that it isn't or anything, but didn't see that coming from you. If that makes any sense.

IAmNietzche

12/07/10, 10:12 AM

while I really, really enjoyed Red Hill, I'm kind of shocked to see you put it as one of the year's best. Not that it isn't or anything, but didn't see that coming from you. If that makes any sense.
I haven't been super impressed by any films this year outside of films that were technically released in 2009 that weren't available in the U.S. until 2010. Bone and NY Export were probably my favorites. Red Hill had some very good moments but was flawed. No strict 2010 releases have really wowed me.

Chemical Love

12/07/10, 10:52 AM

I don't get very emotional in the cinemas, but the damn scene in the river tore me apart. I couldn't imagine a film like Winter's Bone delivering anything larger than that.
I didnt find that part very emotional at all. But thats just me. We have different opinions.

SlappedActor

12/20/10, 06:36 PM

Film needs more love on this site. So very good.

CstSnow

12/21/10, 01:49 PM

Finally watched this yesterday. It definitely lived up to expectations, easily my favorite film of the year.
the scene in the river was heart wrenching
Both Hawkes and Lawrence deserve noms.

Wake Up

01/25/11, 09:35 AM

Mmmm Best Supporting Actor, Best Lead Actress, and Best Picture.

I dig it.

CstSnow

01/25/11, 09:37 AM

Mmmm Best Supporting Actor, Best Lead Actress, and Best Picture.

I dig it.

Seriously, I am way excited that it got that level of recognition.

jbaseball44

02/06/11, 10:04 PM

This ended up being my second favorite movie of the year

popdisaster00

03/30/11, 09:18 AM

Just watched, enjoyed it a lot. Jennifer Lawrence was great. I'd love to meet her.

Recovery Room

03/30/11, 09:21 AM

Watched this last night finally and loved it; a lot of it reminded me of Frozen River for various reasons.

It's amazing how plain jane Lawrence looked in this and how gorgeous she was at the Oscars. They did a great job with the wardrobe and look for the cast as a whole actually.