Junebug
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80 out of 100

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 73 Ratings

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  • Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Embeth Davidtz
  • Summary: When Madeleine (Davidtz), a British-born dealer in regional, "outsider" art, travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local painter for her gallery, she and her brand-new, younger husband George (Nivola) extend the trip to include an introduction to his family. Madeleine confronts the difficulty of two cultures colliding, and discovers the tumultuous outcome as these separate ways of life must coexist. (Sony Pictures Classics)… Collapse

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    This low-key drama is a miracle of mood, atmosphere, and sensitivity.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Junebug is a great film because it is a true film. It humbles other films that claim to be about family secrets and eccentricities. It understands that families are complicated and their problems are not solved during a short visit, just in time for the film to end. Families and their problems go on and on, and they aren't solved, they're dealt with.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Duane Byrge
    80
    Not merely a sitcom of cultural clash. Screenwriter Angus Maclachlan has delicately etched a compelling portrait of a way of life whose decencies and simplicities are often dismissed as being "unsophisticated."
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    Morrison brings an amazingly sure hand to MacLachlan's prickly screenplay.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 43
  3. Negative: 5 out of 43
  1. RonaldM.
    10
    This is a great film. In the tradition of Jean Renior and Robert Altman it captures the nuances of life. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad. It is as unpredictable as life.… Expand
  2. worleyjamers
    8
    A simple, yet profound picture of the family. Amy Adams is a revelation and is the real heart and soul of the film; she gives an adorable but tragic performance well deserving of her Oscar nomination.… Expand
  3. Trev29
    7
    The best parts of this movie are easily when Adams is on screen giving her hilarious and very moving performance. This is still her best work to date. However, when she is not on screen, the movie is filled with boring camera shots and awkward conversations that try to pass as "art", but I am not convinced. It also dragged big time by the end, but it was still a somewhat satisfying little film.… Expand
  4. M.B.
    4
    What kind of husband drags hs new wife to meet a family like that and then disappears for a few hours while she has to make conversation with his freaky mom? Too many people doing things real people don't do.… Expand

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