Despojos de Inverno

«Nunca pergunte o que lhe deveria ter sido oferecido.» Despojos de Inverno retrata poderosamente a solução duma situação duma família incompleta que lida com uma vida já difícil em condições duras (onde a alimentação é procurada por eles na floresta). A força motriz do filme não é tanto o argumento, mas sim o cenário atmosférico dum terreno afastado centro-americano, onde os destroços de carros enferrujados adornam os jardins e a metanfetamina é preparada e usada em telheiros. E onde as regras sociais entre os habitantes causam o arrefecimento dos ossos. Jennifer Lawrence é verdadeiramente uma força motriz adolescente aqui, do tipo que se vê no ecrã de vez em quando. Emocionalmente próximo de Fargo dos Coens, apenas sem a hipérbole. Perderei o Missouri como turista. (07/07/2014)

As it has already been said somewhere, Winter's Bone only completed the ten Oscar aspirants for Best Picture, because personally, this film gave me a pretty average impression. Overall, I found it flat and it seemed like they didn't bother to go deeper. Personally, I wouldn't want to live in the same neighborhood as the main character because everyone there looked like a murderer or like they had just bitten someone. Four Oscar nominations seems excessive to me, because this film is in no way a prime example of anything better - except perhaps Jennifer Lawrence's performance. (21/02/2011)

I am surprised that a movie that tries so hard to be unique is so unfriendly to the audience and unfriendly to the characters, only to start drowning in its own juice and light routine right from the start. If only some people or some things were negatively inclined, maybe I could have empathized with Ree, but when the entire environment is bleak and everyone is hostile, dirty, or a junkie, the intensity quickly fades away. Moreover, the main storyline is so thin that after an hour it repeats itself for the third time and it's clear that it can only end in two possible ways. The one that eventually happened suits me better, so thanks to that and a solid performance from John Hawkes, Winter's Bone is worth a stronger 50%. However, the Oscar nominations were an even bigger disappointment. (18/02/2011)

I have always associated Jennifer Lawrence's charming face with masks of comic book characters and romantic Hollywood sentimental films. And behold, at the age of 20, she played the lead role in a raw social drama. However, Winter's Bone does not rely only on her performance. The environment and hostility of the local white trash community play a big role. I would say it's a significantly underrated film, but in my eyes, it definitely works better than most of the Dardenne brothers' films full of socially noble boredom. Overall impression: 90%. (28/12/2020)

A purely tense redneck flick where you spend most of the time waiting for someone to get disemboweled or have their head blown off. Surprisingly, it's not that wild, because it lets the viewer work with the chilling idea of what it would look like if it were so, pouring out the nonstop cold atmosphere of rural backwoods, where instead of flowers and trees there are car wrecks, or even junkie dens. Jennifer Lawrence carries it on her shoulders, but the script doesn’t let her fully shine. It’s a pity that about half of the shots in the film are three times longer than it would be necessary to make it entertaining. (16/07/2017)