It could have been an exercise in "let's mock the provincials..." But the writer and the director (Angus McLachlan, Phil Morrison) are both from North Carolina, so each side in this meeting of opposites is both humanised and demonised.

| Oct 7, 2018

You can call Junebug an unwanted, but much needed homecoming, mostly celebrated by the hearty welcome of George's sister-in-law Ashley Johnsten, played by Amy Adams.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 12, 2017

...one of many reasons to love Junebug is how often it offers us spaces to fill in ourselves, the faith it shows in handing us small puzzles -- Eugene's hand-carved bird, for instance -- to chuckle over or think on afterward.

| Nov 30, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2006

Delicately avoids Hollywood's typical condescending caricatures of those who dwell below the Mason-Dixon line.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 22, 2006

Junebug is the older, wiser sibling of home-for-the-holidays family melodramas like Pieces of April.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 21, 2006

A quiet journey into the heartland, and the heart.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2005

Thanks to Adams' performance and strong story, it makes for a mildly entertaining Southern-fried experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 22, 2005

Junebug is that rare kind of movie that contrasts 'cultured' big-city characters with devout, 'simple' folk without being condescending or judgmental of either camp.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 6, 2005

The sum is something deeply profound: about awkwardness, culture clash, failed connections, and -- ultimately -- the strength that comes from surviving a trial by fire.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 4, 2005

Brimming with bright dialogue, complex characters and moments of sheer aching sweetness, it's Chekhov with a side of red-eye gravy.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Aug 28, 2005

This brilliantly detailed, richly painted portrait lingers long in the memory.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 26, 2005

With its wise understanding of the magnetic pull (and invisible polarities) of family, Junebug is an auspicious debut for Morrison.

| Aug 26, 2005

It's a quiet, funny, moving triumph, the kind of movie that gives 'interesting' a good name.

| Aug 26, 2005

As someone with Southern roots, I can tell you I personally know every character in this movie. I am especially knowledgeable of George, a man who knew he had to leave but knows part of him never can.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 26, 2005

Features an astounding performance from comparative unknown Amy Adams that is all the more satisfying in that it doesn't overwhelm the film.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Aug 26, 2005

With Junebug, it's what's inside that counts.

| Original Score: b+ | Aug 25, 2005

It’s all about little kindnesses, about small observations, and it is in those quiet empathetic moments that Morrison’s drama soars.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 20, 2005

Thanks to newfangled things like 온라인카지노추천 and the Internet, small-town folks aren't as uniformly insulated as director Phil Morrison and screenwriter Angus McLachlan would have us believe.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 19, 2005

Junebug gets under your skin.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 18, 2005