Well, I saw an amazing movie yesterday. Winter's Bone should be getting some Oscar nominations (adapted screenplay, Best Actress and Supporting Actor). Other than technical awards, I think it is the first Oscar film of the season. It may get a best picture and director nod as well, especially since ten pictures are now in the best picture category.
So Jennifer Lawrence plays Ree, a 17 year old (high school drop-out, it appears), who takes care of her much younger brother and sister. Mom is in a catatonic state, and dad cooks meth. I think the household keeps working as long as dad is cooking / working, but he has gone AWOL. That's bad enough (no food or money for food), but it turns out dad put up the house as his bond. If Ree doesn't find him, she and the kids and mom will be out in the woods. So she turns to the network of relatives / meth cookers in her circle for help - and they are not welcoming.
I was sure that these were not actors in the film. Remember the kid on the porch with the banjo in Deliverance? Was he an actor? They all looked and sounded and felt so much like hillbillies that I was almost wondering if it was a documentary. Anyway, Jennifer Lawrence is an actress, and a fantastic one. John Hawkes plays the uncle, he's a familiar face. The rest of the cast was also fantastic.
This was an amazing directing job. I believed everything in the film - the mood, lighting and pace - were perfect.
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