Overview
A teenage girl fights against the odds to keep her family together in a world of silence and danger.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- bleak
- foreboding
- tense
- serious film night
- independent cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly acclaimed the film's unsentimental rural realism, Debra Granik's taut direction, and Jennifer Lawrence's powerful lead performance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ree must care for her disabled mother and younger siblings while searching for her missing father.
Ree confronts relatives and neighbors who refuse to disclose what happened to her father.
The family's threatened repossession turns the search for a missing parent into an immediate struggle against homelessness.
The Missouri backwoods, kinship networks, poverty, and illicit local economy shape every obstacle Ree faces.
Films like Winter's Bone, and why
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
shared rural crime mystery, economic desperation, taciturn characters, and restrained tension
Gone Baby Gone
shared bleak regional atmosphere, investigative suspense, family loyalty, and morally complex communities
The Florida Project
shared poverty-stricken rural setting, survival struggle, understated thriller construction, and social realism
Martha Marcy May Marlene
shared female-centered crime narrative, oppressive atmosphere, and protagonists confronting entrenched local power
Movie Details
- Director
- Debra Granik
- Release Date
- 2010-06-11
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (2064)
Cast
- Jennifer Lawrence
- John Hawkes
- Kevin Breznahan
- Dale Dickey
- Garret Dillahunt
- Sheryl Lee
- Shelley Waggener
- Isaiah Stone
- Lauren Sweetser
- Ashlee Thompson
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Winter's Bone about?
- A determined Ozark teenager risks her safety to find her vanished father and save her vulnerable family from eviction.
- What is Winter's Bone like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Winter's Bone as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Winter's Bone violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Winter's Bone as moderate.
- What did critics think of Winter's Bone?
- Critics broadly acclaimed the film's unsentimental rural realism, Debra Granik's taut direction, and Jennifer Lawrence's powerful lead performance.
- Which films are like Winter's Bone?
- Films with a similar feel include The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Baby Gone, The Florida Project, and Martha Marcy May Marlene.
- How long is Winter's Bone?
- Winter's Bone runs 101 minutes.
- Where can I watch Winter's Bone?
- In United States, Winter's Bone is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube.
