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Is life in the Ozarks really that bleak?

posted 10 years ago by poc-1
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Snorting meth, cooking squirrel? Every house has 4 dead cars and piles of trash. Every neighbour squinting at you and ready to shoot and bury you.
Seems like they piled on all the old tropes, banjos & bluegrass.

So is life in the Ozarks really that bad? Surely this has got to be a caricature?

Having said that, I really liked this movie. After all the negative comments, I thought it would be dull bad, but it's not. Its got plot, character, suspense and Jennifer Lawrence.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Bleak for this little meth cooking hamlet of cousins at least.

Agree that they piled on the hillbilly tropes ... squirrel meat, every character was a relative of some sort, a tooth was lost, guns guns and more guns, and for crying out loud they threw in a banjo too.

[–] moviechatterer (13270) 4 years ago

"Every house has 4 dead cars"

You have space for that , you're rich imho