YMMV / Winter's Bone

• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The fever dream, representing Ree's fears about losing the house. The surrealism and symbolism jibes with the gritty, documentary-like tone of the rest of the movie
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Even though initially Jennifer Lawrence got all of the attention for her performance, John Hawkes' performance as Teardrop gained a large amount of fans, and he eventually received a surprise Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
  • Ree's best friend Gail is a very well-liked secondary character due to how much help she provides to Ree, even though she has some interesting issues of her own to deal with.

• Heartwarming Moments: Teardrop giving the chicks to Ree's siblings to take care of. Especially poignant, given the sheer hell of the rest of the movie.
• Les Yay: Ree and her friend Gail in the book, where they practiced kissing each other when they were younger.
• Squick:
  • After being led to her father's body, submerged in a swamp, Ree has to hold his hands while another person cuts them off with a chainsaw, as she has to present the hands to the police to prove that her father is dead and get the bond released.
  • Ree teaching her siblings how to skin a squirrel carcass.
• Stoic Woobie: Ree, so very, very much.

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