Review
for
Winter's
Bone
by John Thielking
Winter's Bone R 1:40 Drama
A 17 year old girl (Jennifer Lawrence) is essentially in charge of
caring for her family, including her sick mother, after her father
apparently skipped bail. Because the family house and back woods were
put up as collateral for the bond, the family faces eviction if the
father does not show up in court. The 17 year old sister goes
looking for her father despite threats from the neighbors that she
should leave it alone.
Although this movie is a traditional thriller/drama type movie there
are only 10 mostly mild scenes of violence. In one scene the 17 year
old is beaten and bloodied and in another scene the hands of a corpse
are cut off with a chain saw (which is not portrayed too
graphically). The rest of the violence
is relatively tame, such as killing and skinning a squirrel or smashing
the windshield of an empty truck with an axe. Three stars.
The movie trailers that precede the movie are a mixed bag. The
trailer for the anti-war flick Restrepo is violent (hardly suitable for
all audiences) as is the trailer for The American. The new
Joan Rivers movie and the movie Waiting for Superman are probably non
violent, judging by the trailers.
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