Winter's Bone (2010)

I am a cheater cheater pumpkin eater. I did not watch this movie last night. I watched in a week or so ago and didn't blog about it because I knew one day I would need a filler. I didn't watch a movie yesterday because of the Golden Globes, which I love. Its like opening day of awards season, my favorite time of the year. Rather than bore you with my opinions of who won or lost, or who looked good, or bad. I will just comment that was so so SO excited to see open mindedness as far as some of the winners go. It was nice to see some new faces, and I can't tell you how much it warmed my heart to see Lauren Potter (the girl from Glee who has Down Syndrome) go up there with the cast to accept her award. She just never fails to make me smile and I loved that she was there, posing on the red carpet and accepting their award together. Love her so much. Okay, so now about this movie I watched awhile back. I can honestly say that this was probably one of my favorite movies of the year. It was quiet, small and a bit gritty, but I really loved so much about it. The story is pretty basic: a young girl needs to find her drug dealing father so she can continue to take care of her family. She runs into trouble at every turn and her persistence and her commitment to her family and what she perceives is her role as the caretaker is just heartbreaking and raw. Jennifer Lawrence was so incredible in this role that its no wonder she is popping up on awards lists. I would definitely watch this again, even though parts were painful to watch. There is definitely some violence, abuse and a very real and sad view of the drug/poverty world, but I still recommend this one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399683/