Liz has been very popular recently, and the TLB box office has exceeded $122 million, and she seems to have suddenly become a big star, the biggest in the family. This is how the film career began, to participate in TLB's follow-up promotion and awards season, joined "Juno", for the time being. I don't want to keep myself too busy, leave some time for life and study, and my acting skills are far from home.

W'sB had been keeping an eye on the matter, and early Monday morning, she was frightened by the Los Angeles Times movie version and shouted, "My God!"

Looking at Ye Wei's four-star long movie review, I was completely surprised in my heart, and I didn't receive any news!

She immediately began to read with hunger, not caring about breakfast, nor bothering to pay attention to Mary-Kate's gaze. After a long time, she let out a satisfied cry, "Oh. It's really cool, it's really cool...... "The least cool thing is that there are some spoilers, the movie reviews have this problem, I've read the original book, but I haven't seen the movie version yet."

The original policeman Baskin is not like that, I don't remember the content of "changing his fate by his sister's hard support", what's going on?

"After reading your Winter Bone movie review at LAT, I'm in love with it, and now I'm really looking forward to watching it in the theater!" she sent a text message to Ye Wei.

"Thank you. After a while, Ye Wei replied.

"Thanks", not even "Thank-you", why have you been so sorry lately...... Liz shook her head.

On this day, she found herself with a choice that many fans will have, whether to read more Winter Bone film reviews, curious about what impact it will have on the film critics, but also do not want to be spoiled...... Luckily, she was smart enough to decide to just see how fresh it was on Rotten Tomatoes at night.

After a busy day at school, in the evening in her bedroom at home, Liz did this.

"My Holy God!!"

I'm even an atheist!

"A coming-of-age story of a group of hillbillies in a deserted mountain village who can't be freed but not completely lost. —5/5, A.O. Scott, The New York Times

"Winter's Bones can sometimes feel like a haunted house, where only extreme obedience to terrible people can save you. This is Ye Wei's most simple, sensitive, and dark movie this year. —5/5, Joshua Kopf, TimeOut

Following the pseudo-documentary "Exorcism Video", Ye Wei made the thriller and real "Winter's Bones" in a way that is close to a documentary, which shows horror films how to grab the audience's attention and frighten them into the depths of their souls without constant noise and screaming. —4/4, James Platinari, ReelViews

"Winter's Bones is the best film of the year. —4/4, Joe Williams, St. Louis Post

Liz excitedly read one movie review after another, avoided those with spoilers, and excitedly sent a congratulatory text message to Ye Wei: "I saw it, I saw it, the response from the film critics was handsome! Left hook, right hook, bang, your two bones really stunned them! Hahahaha." ”

A few hours after receiving his reply to the text message: "Thank you, may we encourage you to go to bed." ”

......

Attending the premiere of Winter Bones hurt Emma's soul a lot, not only was her pride shattered, but she also became a demon in her heart because of the movie. She had a nightmare, in which she angrily brandished a chainsaw to cut off Ye Wei's hand, and he ran around the house and woke up when he was about to saw.

What is particularly frustrating is that the girl trilogy will be out of action during the awards season, as evidenced by the lack of public relations activities. And TLB is in full swing, according to media reports, Winter Bone has also begun to act. After watching the film, I understand that it is strange if you don't compete!

Especially in the Best Actress award, Jennifer played it so well, and feminist movies have always had a super rush for awards.

She watched Weiwei's film review this morning, like the movie mentioned in it, her aunt won the Oscar for "Never Compromise", Charlize Theron also won the award for "The Devil", Susan Sarandon and Gina Davis of "Crazy Flowers of the End" were both nominated, and he said that the anti-female "Ordinary People" was also nominated. The worst Uma Thurman was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Drama Actress for "Kill Bill".

See, when a feminist film is made into a classic, it's almost certain that it will be overbearing during awards season.

And look at what Jennifer played, swearing, spitting, blowing her nose, slaughtering squirrels, driving pigs, and being beaten into that miserable look......

What other "image" is there? Isn't this Oscar's favorite? As long as its reputation in the film critics industry is not bad, it is equivalent to stepping on the red carpet of the Oscars with half a foot. Will it be bad?

Emma didn't guess blindly, and when she opened Rotten Tomatoes on the Internet at home at night, her eyes suddenly widened!

Sometimes I hate it, really, I hate it......

"Jennifer Lawrence's leadership performance was fantastic. —3.5/4, Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

"Ye Wei's most thought-provoking film, it is not a suspense archive, but a small letter about wilderness and poverty. Jennifer Lawrence's performance is completely convincing. —3.5/4, J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader

"Winter's Bones is a real exemplar, a great film with amazing performances, so natural, so real that you forget it's a movie. —5/5, Bill Goodikonts, Arizona Republic

Ye Wei's director, Phantom, almost disappeared, and Lawrence led the film with a restrained and vigilant performance. —3.5\/4, Dan Coyce, "The Village Voice"

......

Jennifer Schrader Lawrence!

Her name means White Witch - Blue Salmon - Laurel!

This magical white witch has indeed been crowned laurel this time, and there is not a single praise that does not praise her, and one by one film critics are scrambling to show their "discernment", this is it, this is it! This is the new generation of Jodie Foster, Judi Dench, Judy Garland......

A star is born.

"Entertainment Weekly" will not publish advanced film reviews because of its low-end market positioning, this time it is not Owen Greyman, but Lisa Schwarzbaum, the two-paragraph film review is an introduction, the other is a comment, she wrote in the comment paragraph of A:

[Lawrence is the film's great discovery.] A mesmerizing rookie actress who catches the audience's attention with her avoidant gaze, low expression and hoarse voice. Vikander is another impressive newcomer actor, and her outstanding performance makes her unique next to the blooming flowers. But the greater credit goes to the director, screenwriter and producer Ye Wei (this is the third girl-heroine film of the year), because he controls the ships and the many non-Ozark Ranges actors can completely resist there. 】

This kind of film review is not the same as what Ye Wei wrote, and Kirk Hornett wrote a long article in the 4/4 perfect score review of "The Hollywood Reporter", and the short review of the excerpt on Rotten Tomatoes is: "There may never be a movie that can make people so nervous, amazed and feel real in every frame, and "Winter's Bones" has left an indelible scar on people. It's a feeling that you have to sink into the cold, rotten shadows to fight for life. ”

Hornett's mood is sure that "this is complicated", commenting that SS is a great inspirational movie in disguise, commenting that TLB is of course a great miracle, thinking that it is over, it can only be like that, right?

He praised Emma Roberts as excellent and convincing, and Elizabeth Olsen as talented and impeccable, how could he praise Lawrence?

Who the fuck is that!?

Now seeing the ultimate answer to the VIY draft, many girls who didn't participate regret not participating, many girls who participated but lost the election regret not paying attention, Lawrence is just a small character who can't be smaller, if he was desperately competing for "Rui", would it be possible to impress Ye Wei and knock her out?

"After watching this movie, it will continue to grow in memory, a great sign. - 5/5, Alan Hunt, Daily Express, UK

"There's poetry here, different from the discoveries of Walker-Evans, James Agee, Harry Smith, the most primitive and desperate kind. —4/5, Shukhedev Sandhu, The Telegraph, UK

"Director and screenwriter Ye Wei has established an awe-inspiring tension between suspenseful reasoning and seeking truth from facts. - 5/5, Anthony Quinn, The Independent

Emma Watson couldn't help but call her agent. She is also 16 years old, 4 months older than Lawrence, and it is really not a taste to see that others are suddenly going to be nominated for an Oscar, and she has to act in "Harry Potter" for many years. Everyone says she's a star, but she's not an actress.

Olson, Lawrence, that's the actor, and even another Emma.

"I really don't have a chance to work with Ye Wei? I want to act in feminist films, I want to act in Ye Wei's films!"

She now has a complicated opinion of Ye Wei, and his affairs make people feel that this is not a person who knows how to respect women, but his talent and ex-girlfriends say the opposite. However, personal friendship and career cooperation are two different things, and he already has a real girlfriend, so there will be no scandals.

Speaking of which, it seems that this is just wishful thinking on her part, she has participated in the draft, Ye Wei glanced at it and looked down on it. In fact, she was also given a cold shoulder elsewhere, and those good projects closed as soon as they saw "Hermione is coming", and she looked down on the rest. Could it be that if you play a witch, you can only play a witch in the future?

Ye Wei wrote in the email notifying her of the defeat, "The day will come when we will work together, and I believe that you are already a better actor, and I will be able to make movies." ”

Will his new project be that day? Emma moved the idea of making a personal connection.

......

"Ye Wei used "Winter's Bones" to change from a director whose work was unmissable to just watch him, and he caught me. —4/4, Amy Bioncury, San Francisco Chronicle

"It's a great movie that misses classic moments in the blink of an eye. —4/4, Roger Moore, The Orlando Sentinel

"A rare masterpiece. —4.5/5, Chris Vogner, Dallas Morning News

Oh my God! Looking at the response to Winter Bone's film review, Jiya almost overturned the computer desk, angry! The second thing is going to "stop" to play football, have you asked everyone if they are happy? She has a bit of a bad taste now, hurry, announce your "new project", wait and see how lively it is!

......

Because of the two-bone civil war, Herman Wright was half angry. Last year was a turning point in his career, when he was hired by DreamWorks as an independent publicity and public relations consultant for the LMS Awards, and won two awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor in six Oscar nominations.

The 92% freshness gave him a lot of confidence, and a few months before he could repeat the success of LMS, Winter Bone suddenly disrupted all of this.

After the last team meeting, Herman and Harvey Weinstein went to the Beverly Hills Hilton, Yajing's restaurant, where they sat face-to-face at a table for dinner.

"We have to be the best picture. Harvey Weinstein drank a half-full glass of red wine leisurely, "The heroine and supporting actress are also ours." ”

That's why Herman was so angry that he wanted to be rude, "Last time, I said that good heroines and supporting actresses are one by one. ”

"Things have changed. Harvey Weinstein's chubby face smiled treacherously, "Winter Bone has that kind of critic reputation, what do we all want?"

Herman couldn't refute this, he had already seen the DVD of Winter Bone and already knew its evaluation, but it was not easy for Weinstein to scare him. He said: "Xavi, you should know how determined Paramount is this year, and the new big names are looking forward to standing up for the awards season. And our influence is much greater than yours, and the box office is also in the right position to rush to the Olympics. Do you really want to go toe-to-toe with us? Best Picture is ours, and the acting awards are one by one. This is a prerequisite for negotiations. ”

"Hehehe. Weinstein had an arrogant look of "your way is still tender", "Winter Bones is a pure independent movie, you are not." Tell me what indie films this year can compare to? "The Departed"? "The Queen"? Are they? The Oscars have to be a bit of an indie film, Winter Bones doesn't have a Sundance background, it's all indie actors, there's nothing more suitable than it. ”

"Does Weige know you want to be for yourself?" Herman asked.

Weinstein drank red wine and didn't answer, and called Ye Wei in the afternoon, saying that he was interviewing for a football coach, very busy, and what email did he say.

......

"Martin, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes for "Winter's Bones" is basically set, 30 mainstream film reviews, and even the New York Post has given it a good review. ”

"Looks like the Weinstein brothers have a way to keep them from spitting. ”

"It's going to be our biggest opponent, no doubt our biggest opponent. ”

"How much freshness?"

“100%。 ”

......

"Once in a while, there's a movie that gets into your head and heart at the same time and ravages your emotional wounds. Genius filmmaker Ye Wei's "Winter's Bones" is such an unusual movie. —3.5/4, Peter Travis, Rolling Stone

"Occasionally, there is a film that pierces our flesh with its haunting authenticity, fleshing our beliefs with the wonder and thrilling power of its story. "Winter's Bones" is undoubtedly that kind of movie. —4/4, Claudia Pugh, USA Today

It is inevitable that there will be occasional collisions with movie reviews, but Pugh is not just Travis, she also wrote:

"Winter Bones is the best drama film of the year so far. Every line of it is perfect, and some of the words even resemble poetry. The 18-year-old Ye Wei has further established himself as a talented director, and equally impressive is certainly 16-year-old Jennifer Lawrence, whose subtle and heartbreaking performances have made her a star. ”

Looking at these evaluations, Kristen Stewart's stiff face tugged, "It's starting to get a little interesting." ”

......

100% Rotten Tomatoes freshness, 100 points on Metacritic! This is the critic's score issued by Winter Bone, and fans are almost full of perfect movie reviews.

Not really, the Associated Press's David Germain gave a 3.5/4 rating: "'Bones of Winter' is raw, real, austere, unusually intense and unexpectedly desperate, ferocious rural crime culture." "This short film review composed of key comments is like a response to Ye Wei, I just wrote it, this is called a press release!

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that in general, the film critics in the United States are like a great enemy and riveting, especially the New York film critics, who have the sign of intellectuals, and in the face of such an intellectual film, New York film critics who have heads and faces dare not write like the level of the Los Angeles film critics.

"Intense, immersive, shocking and controlled, Winter's Bones has an experimental cinematic soul and a B-film body, and proves that this is indeed a powerful combination. —4.5/5, Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Here's another Winter Bone film review from today's LAT, written by Chief Film Critic Kenneth Turan. He has been writing film reviews for LAT since 1991, most notably for giving a bad review of "Titanic" and sparking a famous war of words with James Cameron at the time. Cameron was so furious that he even emailed the LAT editorial office asking for Turan to be fired. Of course, like all war of words, there is nothing wrong with no film critics, and Turan has written reviews until now.

This year he gave all the praise of the girl trilogy:

"Soul Surfer is a fascinating, hands-on film that's more plausible, advanced, and moving than what we usually see in Hollywood pop sports movies because of the believable adaptation, effective acting, and extremely successful director. - 4.5/5 points

"After the controversial "Soul Surfer", Ye Wei brought one of the indisputable best films of the year. Lots of small parts, ghostly narration, but always on track with the story, the touching "Lovely Bones" deserves all the praise of all overpower. - 4.5/5 points

Turan's level is not low, and he just won the Honorable Mention at the National Film Critics Association Awards this year. He writes in the style of West Coast film criticism, using more key comments, not so much to analyze how the film is inside, but to describe how the film looks.

What Rotten Tomatoes excerpted was only the first paragraph of his long film review, and he went on to write:

[The director and screenwriter is 18-year-old Ye Wei, and this story of Rui Dolly's bleak and desperate search for her father in the clan is magnificent, and the narrative of the impoverished Ozark dilemma is so mature that it is bound to pay off during the awards season.] Ye Wei has made three girl-leading films with very different styles this year, his "Soul Surfer" is inspiring, "Lovely Bones" is a mixed feeling, but "Winter's Bones" is a culture and an air of increasing despair. 】

Turan also thinks that the winter bones are a little too heavy and have a "risk of authenticity", and sometimes the dialogue is difficult for the average audience to understand, but the performance!

[But each powerful performance of the main actors saves the film.] Under Ye Wei's strong direction, these persuasive and gripping renditions provide the full emotion that ties all the scenes together. Leading the way is 16-year-old Jennifer Lawrence, a native Louisville rookie actor discovered by Ye Wei, who plays Rui's central role perfectly. 18-year-old Swedish newcomer actress Elesica Vikander also plays the role of Rui's good friend Gail in the shadow. 】

The Toronto Star's Peter Howell has a similar opinion to Turan with a 3/4 rating:

[The dialogue in "Winter's Bones" is so sparse and the plot is so concise, there is not even a soundtrack, it requires the actors to show their acting skills, and the images to provide power. The leaders of this show are Lawrence, Vikander, and Harks, who let Ye Wei get his wish. 】

Not everyone sees the meaning, or appreciates it, and Howell's words are: "For the sake of the performance, give it praise!"

He ended up writing: "This film paints a very depressing portrait of Ozarks, especially about the very real problems of drugs in the country. You can imagine that your local tourism office might end up releasing a face-saving promotional DVD. It's a movie that requires a lot of patience and attention to watch, but its performance makes it all worth the pain. 】

The New York film critics have always been very arrogant, except for the saliva-picking "New York Post", which corrupts the lintel. Not to mention the Toronto film critics, and the Los Angeles ones are not in the eye. Unexpectedly, Ye Wei published a long film review at LAT, which was closer to a long movie review written in the East Coast style.

Some New York film critics are already late in trying to intercept and rewrite the manuscripts that have been sent out, and New York is three hours faster than Los Angeles.

"It offers a little voyeuristic pleasure, a little bit of poor eroticism, a lot of violence. —3/4, Kyle Smith, New York Post

"Spectacular in its humanity, its earthy beauty and the urgency of cardiac arrest. —3.5/4, Joe Morgenston, Wall Street Journal

The most critical film critics felt spectacular, and those film critics who had not yet published the manuscript felt relieved that they had not been rectified by Ye Wei! Thinking about the film review that he wrote, it was not comparable or too far from his, and it would be another inventory article by that kid at any time......

It's not easy to outsmart him, and the Shrimp Soldier and Crab General can't deal with this goblin anymore. Fortunately, there are still many talented people in the film critics' circle, some of whom have already gone all out, and the shock brought by the film has made some film critics naturally express their emotions at length!

Because "The New Yorker" is the home base of Pauline Kyle's lineage, it has a bit of a sacred status and has always been a major film criticism town. This time it wasn't Anthony Lane (44), the pickiest runner-up who had ever been named, but David Danby. -- A 63-year-old man, a master's degree from Columbia University, a well-known journalist, who began publishing magazine film reviews in 1993 and worked as a columnist and film critic for The New Yorker in early 1998.

He's one of those people who knows how to write film reviews.

"That's what we've been waiting for: a work of art that catches you and won't let you go. ”――4\/4

"Extraordinary Independent Film", "Unthinkable", "A Series of Shocking Confrontations", "A Complete Story That Can't Take a Breather"...... These are his key comments, but it's not all. Fans can see that there are roughly three levels of film criticism of Winter Bone: the first layer tells the story itself and describes the perception, the second layer explores the geographical dilemma, poverty problems, and character growth and changes about Ozarks, and the third layer studies its feminism.

There are not many film reviews that can be written to the third level, perhaps limited by the number of words in the manuscript, and Danby only wrote a short paragraph:

[We're worried about Rui because we don't know which direction the story is going to take: the underworld behavior is predictable, and Dolly is unfathomable.] We were expecting a clue from the old woman. They protect their dirty, rough men, but they know how to maneuver around them. When they have to, they become thugs who clean up the traces of sin. Rui is the only hope in this despicable environment. She's not the funniest teenager, she's more of a heroic figure, more believable than any of the flamboyant movie heroes we've seen lately. In its turf, in a completely non-conscious-morphological way, Winter's Bones is one of the greatest feminist works in film history. 】

In-its-lived-in，completely-non-ideological-way，“Winter’s-Bone”-is-one-of-the-great-feminist-works-in-film.

One of the greatest feminist works in film history.

This is definitely the highest compliment! Many fans were frightened, and it also made the intellectual circle commotion, so good!? How is it completely unconscious-formal? Danby didn't elaborate, but fans found the answer from VIY's self-sufficient film review, and he really poked it at once!

Consider what David Edelsteen, the 47-year-old debut film critic of New York Magazine, had to say. This David graduated from Harvard University, worked as a news reporter, a film critic for television news programs, a freelance writer for many publications, and a writer.

4\/4 points, of course, he wrote a three-layer film review, introducing the story, telling the background of the original book, analyzing some scenes and shots, and mentioning some behind-the-scenes production information. In his final concluding remarks, he wrote:

[Looking at the haunting independent Jennifer Lawrence, my eyes are sometimes directed to her humble woollen hat, and be careful not to let it fall off.] - A piece of, but her own. (I seem to feel the cold wind burrowing into it.) Lawrence and Ye Wei don't care about pathos, they don't specifically find time to show Rui's vulnerability, because Rui can't show her vulnerability, even to herself, she just says to herself, "I'm never going crazy." (She was beaten to the point of death, and she held back tears as she ordered her two grief-stricken brothers to do their homework.) There was only one time when she was completely weak in a non-threatening situation, when she sat down next to her mother and said, "Mommy, look at me, I need your help, can you help me once? Mom?" but even after saying these words, you can see the look in her eyes, and she doesn't expect a response.

In its emotionally intense moments, this primitive and mythical adventure embellished with a barren ridge climaxes not with the villains, but with the aging and emaciated women who make the story's underground kingdom impregnable. The wife of the boss, Samp Milton, an old woman whose name has not been revealed, whose motherly heart and cruelty have melted together. You just can't find the line between free will and loyalty to the family, and at that point, her choices are inevitably masculine. I think you've watched the cadenza a hundred times, and it never ends. But the last scene between the old woman and Rui is to enter the pond by boat at night. With no soundtrack, no fancy rendering, Ye Wei creates a complete nightmare with humanity, and you can feel a silent scream in your bones. -- That scene was probably the purest perceptual outburst.

All fears have come into life, and they do not decline, they are entangled in the bottom of my heart. Ye Wei and his incredible cast have given us an inextricable shadow, but "Winter's Bones" is the most exciting movie of the year. 】

Winter's-Bone-is-the-year's-most-stirring-film.

One of the most exciting films of the year, there is none.

Edersteen used "hauntingly" to praise Lawrence's performance, and "not-the-decay" to describe the perception, Rui's voice lingered for three days, and after watching the movie for three months, I didn't know the taste of meat, and the whole world is rare earth elements (REE, Rui), which is probably what it means.

New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago...... Thumbs up one after another, and the entire American film critic community was conquered by this bone.

Ye Wei's crazy words "They will praise me twice more in the year" came true. The media has been shocked, but the blacks have temporarily avoided the limelight, fans are screaming and screaming, VIY has fallen on his heels this year in addition to the planned "Witch Carrie", and there is no doubt that the girl trilogy is better than the other.

Now what about Lawrence and Vikander, two parallel imports, a country chin in Kentucky and an unknown Swedish girl?

Looking at the praise they received, it seemed that they were the two strongest of the ten......

Naturally, everyone laughed with VIY, where did you find these two genius girls?You're so lucky!!

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"Ye Wei makes all these things real. Despite the difficulties and the difficulty of seeing hope, because, yes, this is a difficult and unforgiving land, life rooted in it often survives. —3.5/4, Stephen Whitty, Newark Star Chronicle

"Winter's Bones in the backdrop of the tough, desperate Ozark feels so real, so good, that you just have to take your time and you'll find that you're watching a great movie. —4/4, Ty-Buer, Boston Globe

"An absolute sensational film. —4/4, Andrew O'Hir, Salon.com

"What ......"

Jennifer walked into the small dining room, and the family members seated at the table suddenly stopped talking and looked at her with a stunned expression. She yelled again, "What?"

The second brother thought of something and exclaimed: "So one day soon, you will become a beautiful poster and be hung on the wall of the bedroom by teenagers... You're a movie star!What's going on!?" Big brother has become a fool too: "Jenny... Jenny... Am I still your brother?"

"Yes!" Jennifer was really angry with them, "I told you a long time ago, I have a plan, and this plan really works, but you don't believe it." ”

"So you're really going to the Oscars!?"

"I don't know, maybe. ”

"Wow......"

Seeing the second brother fantasize about going away, Jennifer couldn't help but think about the situation, and she had to put on high heels and a floor-length evening dress...... How do you walk?

She decided to ask, and immediately sat down while taking her mobile phone and sending a seemingly inexplicable text message to Ye Wei: "How-to-walk?"

After dinner, I suddenly received a reply from him: "Blaze-a-trail."

Forge a path.

A new path we're blazing.

......

It was late at night, and in the elegant hotel suite, Alicia continued to read movie reviews on the Internet, giggling from time to time, and swiping Ye Wei's social networking sites from time to time to enjoy this moment of victory.

"Miss Collins and I were so happy that 'Happy Feet' made me happy, George Miller is a genius!

"Winter's Bones,★★★★" Roger Albert, Chicago Sun, December 11, 2006:

[Most of the main characters of the movies that have influenced me are not lively. They don't swagger, bombastic and lead teams. They don't have superpowers. They are ordinary people, facing a responsibility and a situation to deal with. Rui Dolly is one such protagonist.

A 16-year-old girl who is a housewife for her two young brothers. This is in the heart of the Ozark (but the setting is not clear in the film), and her mother sits uselessly all day, going insane. Her father, a man on bail for making ice, is missing. She tries to educate and feed her children, while dealing with her neighbors with ulterior motives (one of her younger brothers, Sonny, was the child born of a neighbor's affair with her mother). Those boys, who don't have the opportunity to play like ordinary children, who have to go to school, do their homework and "try not to fight", are on the verge of mutation, once they learn that they are poor villagers with low social status.

This is the world that Ye Wei's "Bones of Winter" opens with a bleak state. His third film this year fully demonstrates his love for independent films, his thorough insight into human nature, and his compassion for the soul. Unmistakable location shooting puts the film in the spotlight on an abandoned society, and it looks like a Walker-Evans-era rural photograph of the Great Depression has been brought to the present day. The unanswered question is, what did Ree go through to grow her strength, independence, and self-esteem in this world?

The sheriff brings news that her father, Jesup, appears to have escaped. To scrape together his bail, he mortgaged his house, perhaps the only asset he had. If he doesn't show up in court a week later, the whole family will be thrown out. That's it. "I'll find him. Rui said, quietly, resolutely. That's what she's dealing with.

Rui is played by Jennifer Lawrence, also 16 years old, a new actor with amazing talent discovered by Ye Wei. Lawrence presents a heroic deed that is superficially cold, emotionally intense, and centered on her. She doesn't boast, she doesn't threaten, she relies on tenacious conviction to do the right thing people will do. -- Even if we don't seem to have seen anyone who deserves that kind of conviction. "Don't ask for what you deserve. She told her brother Harold, but they could lose control at any moment and become what she didn't want.

Everyone in this place knows Jesup, and he's like a bottle of modern spirits. It's clear that drugs don't make him rich, maybe its appeal lies in its illegality, and the human connections it brings make him feel good. Rui's quest for her father begins with a search for her uncle, Tears (John Hax), whose presence is a natural wound for the living. Tears refuses to help her, and she then goes to borrow a car from her friend Gail, a teenage mom who is trapped in early pregnancy and early marriage, played by 18-year-old Alicia Vikander, another amazingly talented new actor.

The screenplay is adapted by Ye Wei from Daniel Woodrier's novel, using the classical Odyssey form. Its outcome depends on whether Rui's father is dead or alive, most likely dead, and she is helpless until she finds a fragment of her body. The sight she experiences on her long journey is akin to a post-apocalyptic movie, as if it were a post-disaster land, and while it has cars and electricity, schools and bars, cigarettes and televisions, it is more like a relic of an earlier period of prosperity. The people who live here have reached the end of the line and there is no next stop. This air of desperation makes up the film.

There is a comic adventure opportunity here, Ye Wei avoided it, this movie is not to live with the people here, but to pass by them and record them. Rui has always lived in them, and does not feel that they are inferior, only rude and disappointed. In her father's world, everyone was a criminal, dependent on criminals and sold to criminals. Whoever killed Jesup, these people are all suspected, although they are all distant relatives.

Rui's journey allows her to meet one character after another, and Ye Wei's ability to focus on the humanity of each character has been destroyed. They are not clowns of attractions, but survivors of a common reality. Did they look at Rui and a girl facing the threat of eviction from their family? I think they both looked at their own needs and the danger of eviction, and it was safer to keep their mouths shut.

So the film relies on Rui, assists Gail, and balances tears. Stories like this are a desperate predicament, but Rui's hope and courage lock us in. After she is beaten, the film throws out a series of real, predictable, but unexpected destruction, causing a series of psychic shocks and brain storms. The fate of the characters affects us, how can Rui be Rui? Who will she be in the future? What about the others? These questions are not answered in the end, and there are many bad situations that they don't have time to pay attention to. 】