Winter's Bone is a 2010 drama based on a novel with the same. It was an independent film but was extremely successful after its release. It won a number of awards, including the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic Film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. It received four 2011 Academy Award nominations in the categories of Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor.
The film is about a 17 year old trying to solve a mystery involving her father, the belief is he has been murdered and she sets out to know the truth.
The budget for this film was relatively low, as it was independent the overall budget was 2million dollars.
Winter's Bone received widespread critical acclaim. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 95% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 148 reviews, for an average score of 8.3/1 Among Rotten Tomatoes' "Top Critics", which consists of notable critics from the top newspapers and websites,the film also holds an overall approval rating of 94%, based on a sample of 31 reviews "Bleak, haunting, and yet still somehow hopeful, Winter's Bone is writer-director Debra Granik's best work yet and it boasts an incredible, starmaking performance from Jennifer Lawrence." It made worldwide just over 8million dollars, four times more than its original budget. In the UK it made a massive 6 million of its total worldwide gross, it was really successful.
