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| A story like this could become mired in despair, but Ree's hope and courage lock us in. How did she get to be the way she is? We are born optimistic, although life can be a great discouragement. In every bad situation, there are usually a few good people. |
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| (Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times) |
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| This is one helluva drama, with one helluva star turn by Jennifer Lawrence as Ree. |
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| (Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle) |
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| Every so often a film gets under our skin with its haunting authenticity, reinforcing our faith in the wonderfully transporting power of cinematic storytelling. Winter's Bone is unquestionably that film. |
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| (Claudia Puig, USA Today) |
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| It's those noir bones that give this social-realist drama its punch, as if Humphrey Bogart had been recast as a 17-year-old girl and dropped into the poorest corner of America. |
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| (Ty Burr, Boston Globe) |
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| This unblinking look at America's Red State Crystal Meth Belt is an instant Southern Gothic classic. |
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| (Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel) |
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| Like The Hurt Locker, Winter's Bone is a spare but riveting drama with a female director. It is built around a raw, revelatory performance by a young, little-known lead actor. |
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| (Mike Scott, New Orleans Times-Picayune) |
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| Winter's Bone is the best film of the year. |
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| (Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch) |
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| A genuine triumph, a great movie with astounding performances so natural, so genuine, that you forget it's a movie. |
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| (Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic) |
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| This movie's an absolute knockout. I know it's only June, but I'm damned if this isn't the breakthrough American film of the year. |
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| (Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com) |
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| For all the horror, it's the drive toward life, not the decay, that lingers in the mind. As a modern heroine, Ree Dolly has no peer, and Winter's Bone is the year's most stirring film. |
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| (David Edelstein, New York Magazine) |
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| Spectacular for its humanity, austere beauty and heart-stopping urgency. |
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| (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal) |
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| In its lived-in, completely non-ideological way, Winter's Bone is one of the great feminist works in film. |
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| (David Denby, New Yorker) |
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| The film's realism is a point of entry rather than the whole point of the exercise. Its setting is finally subordinate to the main character, as memorable and vivid a heroine as you are likely to see on screen this season. |
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| (A.O. Scott, New York Times) |
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| Raw but utterly enveloping. |
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| (Justin Chang, Variety) |
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| Winter's Bone is unforgettable. It means to shake you, and does. |
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| (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) |
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| It's been a long time since a film has conveyed a culture, and a sense of place, with such telling precision. At the same time, Winter's Bone thrums with suspense. |
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| (Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer) |
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| Winter's Bone often seems to be unfolding in a world apart, with its own moral logic and codes of conduct. It might feel like prison if it weren't so obviously home. |
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| (J.R. Jones , Chicago Reader) |
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| American independent cinema doesn’t get much better. |
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| (Alistair Harkness, Scotsman) |
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| Newcomer Jennifer Lawrence is breathtakingly good... A Oscar nomination will surely be forthcoming. |
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| (Alan Jones, Uncut) |
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| Lawrence’s performance is a truly standout piece of work. |
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| (Philip Wilding, Empire) |
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