Review of Winter's Bone (2010) by Lyn — 20 Feb 2011
A masterpiece of elegiac bleakness, yet somehow not entirely hopeless. It's well-acted, though the faces have a sort of blankness when compared with the goofy mugging overacting we're used to in a lot of movies and on TV.
(You'll recognize the numb expression if you've been around people who've just about hit rock bottom.) It's all filmed on location in Missouri and might remind you of the TV show "Justified," which has a gritty Kentucky setting.
As with many well-done books and movies, you wonder whatever happened to these people -- even though you know the story is fiction.
This review of Winter's Bone (2010) was written by Lyn on 20 Feb 2011.
Winter's Bone has generally received very positive reviews.
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