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Of all modern feminist directors, Debra Granik is the most mournful.
Not for her the fierce recriminations at the heart of so many female-empowerment sagas.
But these men are such febrile creatures, both fragile and terrified of being seen as such.
And so, with a sad glance back, the women and girls forge onward.
They have themselves, children, and the whole of human society to preserve.Someonehas to.
Whats clear is that Will and Tom have aneasy, tender relationship.
Its only after a violent change of circumstances that Tom understands there might be other viable designs for living.
Foster and the New Zealandborn McKenzie seem keyed to each others rhythms, even each others thoughts.
The acting is extraordinary.
But the seeds of Toms future autonomy are planted even before the state swoops in.
Tom realizes that there are other people like her father, perhaps worse off.
The revelation inWinters Bonewas that the egregiously male-dominated hill country had firm matriarchal underpinnings.
People bond deeply with nature with rabbits, dogs, and, in a memorable sequence, bees.
Around them, the tension goes out of Toms body.
After a childhood in the woods, Tom senses another path thats truer to her soul.
This review has been updated since its original publication after the Sundance Film Festival.
