Kristin Reviews Winter's Bone
One: Never get mixed up with meth dealers in southern Missouri.
And two: In isolated communities, males and females develop their own distinct social system.
The movie itself is compelling, but a little slow and awfully dreary. It’s a tale of a teenage girl, Ree Dolly, searching for her irresponsible, meth-cooking father amongst a community of irresponsible, meth-cooking neighbors and relatives. Fun for the whole family! As Ree gets closer to the truth, her safety becomes more threatened, and the movie gets more suspenseful. It just takes a while to get there.
The most interesting aspect of the film is the established code by which these individuals live. Males and females have different roles, and behavior that violates the rules is met with severe consequences. By investigating her father’s disappearance, Ree not only upsets the secretive drug-dealing community; she defies the order of things. You see, in her world, males handle male business and women handle woman business. Ree, as a female, has no business seeking her father, interacting with males who might help find her father, or sticking her nose into the activities of the men around her. As a window into this culture, the movie is fascinating.
The buzz attached to the movie is focused on Jennifer Lawrence’s performance as Ree. And she does a fine job. I think she’s going to have to prove herself a few more times, though, before any awards come her way.
-Kristin
2.20.2011
The movie itself is compelling, but a little slow and awfully dreary. It’s a tale of a teenage girl, Ree Dolly, searching for her irresponsible, meth-cooking father amongst a community of irresponsible, meth-cooking neighbors and relatives. Fun for the whole family! As Ree gets closer to the truth, her safety becomes more threatened, and the movie gets more suspenseful. It just takes a while to get there.
The most interesting aspect of the film is the established code by which these individuals live. Males and females have different roles, and behavior that violates the rules is met with severe consequences. By investigating her father’s disappearance, Ree not only upsets the secretive drug-dealing community; she defies the order of things. You see, in her world, males handle male business and women handle woman business. Ree, as a female, has no business seeking her father, interacting with males who might help find her father, or sticking her nose into the activities of the men around her. As a window into this culture, the movie is fascinating.
The buzz attached to the movie is focused on Jennifer Lawrence’s performance as Ree. And she does a fine job. I think she’s going to have to prove herself a few more times, though, before any awards come her way.
-Kristin
2.20.2011
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