Winter's Bone - Arvostelut

A vivid reworking of Daniel Woodrell’s novel that brings the book’s conflicted heroine to searing life in a piece of unhurried filmmaking too rarely seen these days.

Woodrell’s work has been described as “country noir” and Granik’s film fits the basic requirements of that label.

Granik’s nuanced attention to detail morphs this simple whodunnit into a dark and brooding drama.

A story like this could become mired in despair, but Ree's hope and courage lock us in.

With piercing characterizations of people who can be as hardscrabble and unforgiving as their environment yet as unbowed and mighty as the ancient trees, Winter’s Bone never hits a false note.

Winter's Bone er et uafrysteligt kompakt drama om ikke blot viljestyrke og rå overlevelsesinstinkt, men i lige så høj grad om familiesammenhold...