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[madbaker]

We watched Winter's Bone recently.

I can understand 1) why the critics loved it, 2) why Jennifer Lawrence got noticed as an actress - she's in almost every scene, and does a terrific job getting her drive and emotions across while not chewing the scenery - and 3) why it was not a popular movie. It was slow in the beginning and hard to watch in places. Not because of violence, although there is some of that. Because of its bleak and unforgiving portrayal of hardscrabble Appalachia where the only industry is meth and everyone is related. There's no way out, except to just turn your back and leave, and that's not always possible.

Good movie. Glad we rented it. Won't need to watch again.

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[loup_noir]

Not too surprising that we both loved it. I checked the book out of the library, devoured it in hours, and passed it to himself, who also enjoyed it.

The set dressing was perfect, with all the cheap plastic toys littering the scenes.