A young woman navigates the bleak Ozark criminal underworld to save her family and their home.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy (free) and Plex (free).
It stays inside its R, with some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.
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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.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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