However, it’s Jennifer Lawrence’s debut that leaps off the screen, giving her character an inner strength and determination that leads us into the dark underbelly of these woods. John Hawkes turns in a remarkable performance as Ree’s uncle, Teardrop, which captures both the familial small-town community and the threat of violence that lies just beneath. As she starts knocking on doors and asking difficult questions, Ree finds herself on the doorstep of the criminal meth world that warns her to head back home. From here, Granik creates a moving story of the incredibly self-reliant and determined 17-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) – responsible for two younger siblings and her mentally disturbed mother – who sets out to find her father in an effort to stave off her family’s eviction. Buried in the cold and mountainous woods, director Debra Granik introduces us to a culture that’s defined by poverty and meth and cut off from the rest of the world. One of the strengths of “Winter’s Bone” is an extremely strong sense of place as it welcomes the audience to the rural Ozarks, a world we don’t often see on screen. What’s so striking is Korine captures both the sense of danger and cultural emptiness with hypnotic neon-colored cinematography (DP Benoît Debie) and an ephemeral Malick-like camera that almost feels poetic. When they meet drug dealer Alien, (an unhinged James Franco in one of his best roles), they indulge every desire and descend into the dark underbelly of spring break. (His wife, Rachel Korine, rounds out the group). Deliberate with every move, Korine cast three beloved teen stars as girls gone certifiably wild: Ashley Benson (“Pretty Little Liars”), Vanessa Hudgens (“High School Musical”), and pop star Selena Gomez. Doused in social satire and dripping with empowered teenage sex appeal, “Spring Breakers” flips nearly every script on its drug and sex-fueled joy ride into the most hedonistic depths of humanity. In Harmony Korine’s luscious and totally insane crime drama, a group of four college-aged friends head down to Florida for a spring break trip unlike any other. “Spring Breakers” (2012) “Spring Breakers”
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