Winter's Bone

Entrée: Country Fried Steak & Gravy
Side: Green Beans
Dessert: Black Walnut Ice Cream
Timing: J. Law just won a Golden Globe & it's cold outside.

Movie:
Winter's Bone provides us with a realistic & graphic snapshot of the meth epidemic in America's rural communities.  These are the people that live along those lonely state highways that you speed past while on the way to another destination & wonder, "Does someone really live there?"  The truth is yes & decades of limited economic options have created the perfect storm for the manufacturing & selling of meth.  The beauty of the Ozarks country side is captured eloquently by the film's cinematography & is a drastic contrast to the underground socioeconomic system that has infiltrated it.  In the movie we see the main character's fight against the law, bail bondsmen, neighbors with alternative motives, giving in to escape & her own family which is intimately involved in the local meth supply chain themselves, all in order to simply stay afloat & continue supporting her young siblings.  Towards the end as winter begins to thaw we see new hope but options are finite & the struggle continues to be very real.

Mel's Rating: 95%
On a scale of 100.

Brett's Rating: ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
On a scale of 10.