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Junebug Director: Phil Morrison Cast: Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, Benjamin McKenzie, Alessandro Nivola

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  • DVD Release Date: 01/17/2006
  • Original Release: 2005
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 18,505

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Features

Closed Caption; Deleted scenes; Cast commentary; Behind-the-scenes featurettes; Casting sessions

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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Junebug
1. Start [4:48]
2. David Wark [2:36]
3. From a Dream [2:53]
4. Meet the Family [6:19]
5. Homecoming [3:00]
6. Arts & Crafts [7:16]
7. Panther Pride [1:39]
8. Nails [4:29]
9. High-Fallutin' Talking [2:53]
10. Meerkat [3:43]
11. Small Potatoes [2:38]
12. A Little Rusty [6:59]
13. Night Walk [3:15]
14. Huck & Jim [2:41]
15. Misunderstanding [4:39]
16. Lost Screwdriver [2:56]
17. "She's Still... Strange" [3:40]
18. Labor Pains [4:06]
19. A Better Offer [1:33]
20. "It Means Something" [2:41]
21. Wooing Work [5:30]
22. "We Lost Him" [2:55]
23. The Scariest Thing [6:22]
24. So Sorry [1:58]
25. "We're Going" [3:50]
26. Nothing to Worry About [3:51]
27. "Look What I Found" [1:22]
28. "I'm So Glad We're Outta Here" [5:46]

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Editorial Reviews

This charming, low-key comedy examines cultural and class differences in a relaxed and endearing way. Not particularly heavy on plot, Junebug contents itself with minor situations and punctilious character sketches to make its points about the chasm between fast-moving urbanites and laid-back rural southerners. Worldly art dealer Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz) and her husband, George (Alessandro Nivola), travel to North Carolina, where she hopes to do business with a brilliant but eccentric folk painter. During the journey, Madeleine finally meets her new in-laws, whom George pointedly excluded from the wedding: his skeptical mother, Peg (Celia Weston); his sullen, taciturn father, Eugene (Scott Wilson); and his surly brother, Johnny (The O.C.'s Benjamin McKenzie). The only family member that exhibits genuine warmth for Madeleine is Johnny’s affectionate, enthusiastic, and extremely pregnant wife, Ashley (Amy Adams). Struggling to balance church socials with delicate business negotiations, Madeleine finds that she must choose what matters to her most. As you might imagine, there’s more to the family dynamic than meets the eye, and director Phil Morrison displays a real talent for telling his story with subtle, shrewdly observed details. He handles his actors well, and relative newcomers Adams and McKenzie really light up the screen. At its core Junebug is a delightful little film about the lengths to which we’re prepared to go while juggling love, family, and career; and it takes viewers by surprise. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble

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October 16, 2008: A dysfunctional family in which nobody grows or changes and everyone puts up with each other stupidity. I fell asleep.

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October 29, 2006: As someone who grew up in a small town and then moved to a big city, I found this movie both very well made and at the same time almost intolerably unnerving. The direction and writing really captures with clear precision the setting and characters. This film is almost a documentary of life in a small rural town with its uneasy awkwardness and tense unhappiness that seems to underly everything. Each member of the family is almost like a mirror to members of my family or people I knew in my small town. The use of silence and long still shots of empty rooms helped flush out the mood of small town life. This is definitely a character piece, but the plot was kept at a good pace and Amy Adams' portrayal of Ashley was magnificent. Lots of visual metaphors and subtle reinforcements of the larger emotions throughout. For example, the story arc of Madeleine and Wark was such an interesting counter arc to Madeleine's initiation into the Johnsten family. A smaller, but nice touch, was the painting of Madeleine's nails, which stayed red until they were back on the highway and leaving it all behind. As I said, this film made me crawl in my skin it was so realistic, but it was an excellent watch.


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This item Rated Appropriate for Ages 16 and Up

Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 16 and UP

What to watch out for

  • Language:

    Some cursing, including f-word.

  • Messages

  • Sex:

    Some sexual situations (including brief masturbation), tastefully represented.

  • Violence:

    Violence depicted in paintings, a short fight between brothers.

  • Drugs:

    Characters drink and smoke cigarettes.

  • Consumerism:

    Gallery owner wants to sell paintings, so marketplace is a theme.

What Parents Need to Know

About Junebug

Parents need to know that this movie includes sexual language (including references to genitalia) and imagery (brief images of a married couple making love and a young woman masturbating). Characters smoke, drink, and curse (including the f-word), and a couple of them use the n-word. A character is glimpsed on the toilet, through a doorway.

Families Can Talk About

Families can talk about the representation of cultural differences, for instance, regional, gendered, and generational. How do such disparities lead to assumptions and assessments? How do the various characters resent or feel jealous of one another, for seeming happiness or success? How does the movie turn around your expectations of who understands the stakes of these family relationships? How does "outsider art" become metaphorical for characters' feelings of alienation or loneliness?