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So this is the prequel to The Hunger Games? :)


So we have this teenage girl who is the only caretaker of both her mother and sibling(s). Mother is deeply depressed and has no sense of the world around them. Children are too young to take care of themselves. Father is dead.
They are living in a secluded area in very poor conditions and girl has to go hunting regularly to feed the family.
And they are often harassed by "the law".

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Ya.

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Another parallel: the only adult who can give her good advise is an addict (Teardrop/Heymitch) who is nasty when he is high, and has to sober up first.

Calling it a prequel is chronologically backward. A prequel is a novel/movie that is written later but set earlier by internal chronology. But Winter's Bone was an earlier novel and earlier film.

Though I'm sure Lawrence got the Hunger Games part the instant the producers saw this.

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I thought Katniss's life was pretty grim but this movie really brings the hunger games to America.

Are they made from real girls scouts?

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I see some parallels. The Ozarks are poor and depressing, just like District 12. Ree has a dysfunctional mother, just like Katniss. Father is dead in both films. Ree is a rugged, resourceful survivor, just like Katniss. At the end, both win and get a pile of cash.
Only difference, no boyfriend for Ree.

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The book at one point implies that Ree is a lesbian.

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Ree loves Gale in a girl with girl kind of way. Get it or get over it.

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Both Ree and Katniss have a potential love interest in a character named Gail/Gale.

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The short answer would be no.





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