After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.
Directed by Debra Granik
sheriff
based on novel or book
missouri
suspicion
teenage girl
poverty
struggle for survival
backwoods
sibling
mental illness
responsibility
uncle niece relationship
mountain country
bail bondsman
woman director
family crisis
drug manufacturing
crystal meth
rural setting
slow burn
drug usage
harsh
taking care of siblings
gutsy
Rank
#101 in 2010·#5345 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
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Cast
Jennifer Lawrence
Ree Dolly
John Hawkes
Teardrop
Kevin Breznahan
Little Arthur
Dale Dickey
Merab
Garret Dillahunt
Sheriff Baskin
Sheryl Lee
April
Shelley Waggener
Sonya
Isaiah Stone
Sonny
Lauren Sweetser
Gail
Cinnamon Schultz
Victoria
Tate Taylor
Satterfield
Crew
Debra Granik
Director
Debra Granik
Screenplay
Affonso Gonçalves
Editor
Jolian Blevins
Second Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
463 reviews
Kellan Thomas
8.5★ · 07/06/25
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Paul Hugo
6.0★ · 05/03/26
Jennifer Lawrence is phenomenal but that feels like not enough
Jennifer Lawrence is phenomenal but that feels like not enough
Rodrigo
8.0★ · 04/17/26
The performance of Jennifer Lawrence OMG
The performance of Jennifer Lawrence OMG
mika
7.0★ · 03/26/26
The whole entire time i was just so upset because she’s literally a child herself 🙁
The whole entire time i was just so upset because she’s literally a child herself 🙁
