A teenage girl's resilience in the face of seemingly insurmountable physical and emotional obstacles just barely wards off the icy chill that cuts through "Winter's Bone," director Debra Granik's bleak and exemplary sophomore feature. Following its brave heroine (an outstanding Jennifer Lawrence) as she seeks to uncover the truth behind her father's disappearance, the film employs the structure of a whodunit to take a tough, unflinching look at an impoverished Ozarks community ruled by the local drug trade. Raw but utterly enveloping, "Bone" more than merits the patient distrib attention that's become an increasingly rare commodity in the indie marketplace.
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