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Created Aug 12, 2010 09:33PM PST • Edited Aug 12, 2010 09:33PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   Brutal but realistic. Intense but downplayed. Winter’s Bone is at heart a noir about a girl who is asked to do far more than a person in her situation ever should have to. Its finds an almost unique and very interesting setting with which to let the dark morality play unfurl and builds to an absolutley brutal climax. The characters, and the film itself, manage to be believably real yet well beyond cliche.

   This film will probably end up being a little over hyped, but is at heart an interesting crime drama well told and well worth watching.

4. Acting

   Perfect 5.0

5. Male Stars Perfect 5.0

6. Female Stars Perfect 5.0

7. Female Costars Perfect 5.0

8. Male Costars Perfect 5.0

10. Film

    Really Great 4.5

11. Direction Really Great 4.5

12. Play Really Great 4.5

13. Music Very Good 3.5

14. Visuals Perfect 5.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Sordid 3.2

    Theres only a handfull of actually violent scenes but the threat of violence lingers around most scenes. A lot of the edge is implied, not shown or even acted upon, but still very much present.

17. Sex Innocent 1.5

18. Violence Savage 4.5

19. Rudeness Profane 3.5

21. Reality

    Natural 1.0

22. Circumstantial Natural 1.0

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0