Winter's Bone

Her family home in danger of being repossessed after her meth-cooking dad skips bail and disappears, Ozark teen Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) breaks the local code of conduct by confronting her kin about their conspiracy of silence. Should she fail to track her father down, Ree Dolly, her younger siblings, and their disabled mother will soon be rendered homeless. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The movie heroes who affect me most are not extroverted. They don't strut, speechify and lead armies. They have no superpowers. They are ordinary people who are faced with a need and rise to the occasion. Ree Dolly is such a hero.

Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic.Actress Jennifer Lawrence is one fresh-faced 20-year-old—but with seven films under her belt and major awards buzz for her work in Ozarks-set Winter’s Bone, she’s no shrinking starlet.

Jennifer "Perfection" Lawrence in the winter's bone

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Trailer for Winter's Bone.

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Winter's Bone is a 2010 American independent drama film, an adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's 2006 novel of the same name. Written and directed by Debra Granik, the film stars Jennifer Lawrence as a teenaged girl in the rural Ozarks of the central United States who, to protect her family from eviction, must locate her missing father. T

Directed by Debra Granik. With Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt, Isaiah Stone. An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.