Junebug: Grade D

D

Junebug

Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, Celia Weston

Sophisticated Chicago art dealer visits husband’s family in rural North Carolina. The movie doesn’t overtly make fun of the family, but just shows them living their boring, stupid lives. The characters are utterly unmotivated and empty headed, even though they live in an expensively furnished house despite no means of support. There is no story, no message, and no reason for this to be a movie at all. Good acting by AA, ED, and CW.
Reviewed 1/22//06.