Oscar Watch: Winter's Bone

"Winter's Bone"
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes
Directed by: Debra Granik
Nominated in: best picture, best actress, best supporting actor, best adapted screenplay

I don't know why this film was nominated for some of oscar's top prizes. It's basically a story of a girl who's father makes crystal meth. When a sheriff comes and says their house is gonna go if her father doesn't show up at his court trial, she starts roaming around this rural community poking her nose in unwanted business. I just thought the movie was downright boring. This is the type of oscar movie I hate; not only boring, but with no real highlights. The acting was fine, but nothing to write home about. The story was slow, dull paced, and lacked any suspense, at least for me. Another movie, like "Never Let Me Go," could have been a much better best pic nominee.