With The Hunger Games being released today I thought it would be appropriate to briefly talk about and recommend the film that made everyone start talking about Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone. Lawrence plays Ree, a teenage girl trying to find her drug dealing father, a task made more difficult due to the fact that she is stuck in the male dominated society of the Ozark Mountains.
Gender plays a huge part in the film as both women and men seem forced into the roles they are given. Domestic abuse in the film seems to be like an unspoken agreement between husband and wife, this is highlighted by the line "I've already told you once with my mouth."
Lawrence is fantastic in the role, (which is similar to her character Katniss in The Hunger Games) and is surrounded by other great performances. John Hawkes is brilliant as Teardrop, a rough yet likable man, and Dale Dickey gives a great performance as the alpha dog in a pack of vicious housewives.
Granik shows us that she is a director with a great sense of visual storytelling. And her attention to detail and Mise En Scene is really impressive.
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