I really hope this movie and book doesn't give people the idea that the Ozarks are full of backwards hillbillies. I'm originally from the part of the Ozarks were this is set (Christian County MO), and I still have family there. Yes, there are hillbillies, and yes, they are strange people, but most people in the Ozarks are nice, hard working, and honest people (and most aren't hillbillies). My family that still lives doesn't do meth, and I don't know any one there who does. By the way, I live in Atlanta, GA and there are tons of people here on meth. Drugs are cooked, manufactured, and used anywhere there are people. The only people I know in the Ozarks who do "drugs" are the old rodeo cowboys/bull riders who are using prescription pain killers since they are in such incredible pain from all the years of rodoeing. They're not junkies, they are just trying to get through their days with out dying from pain.
Please go visit the Ozarks. They are beautiful and majestic! Some great people have come from this area - George Washington Carver and Langston Hughes. Laura Ingalls Wilder chose to move there with her family, and you can visit her home (great for kids who love her books). Brad Pitt, Kathleen Turner, and Dennis Weaver are great actors from the Ozarks. The Ozarks are a great treasure, and they are filled with good people.