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Junebug
15 Feature

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Run time: 1 hour 46 minutes
Rental release: Not available for rental
Main languages: English
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  • 4 stars out of 5  

    By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLM

    A visit to the in-laws exposes fragile family dynamics in this drama starring Embeth Davidtz and Alessandro Nivola.

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  • Alot more than just amy adams

    Rated - 4.0 stars  
    By a customer from Monmouth, UK , 25 Jul 2006

    [Highly rated reviewer]

    This film is a wonderful rarity - a moving indie film about smalltown life that doesnt revolve around the destruction of harmony by an 'outsider'. The writing, directing and performances are so intelligently executed. It follows the story of a dealer in 'outsider' art going to meet her north carolina in-laws. her artistic background means that whilst being a city slicker, she is used to observing what she doesnt understand and instead of seeing the smalltown way of life as 'wrong' and city 'right' and the eventual corruption of smalltown life to city complexities as we would expect from such a film, the art dealer, madeleine invites us to stand by her as she absorbs the dynamics of the characters without trying to change their ways - without trying to alter the simultaneous pain and harmony that resides in each of them. brilliant film, brilliantly acted. amy adams deserved the oscar nomination and the film deserves similar acclaim for being brave enough to try and show the emotional complexities of a life that we see as out of fashion and backward in many ways.
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  • It was a film

    Rated - 1.0 star  
    By a customer , 13 Jul 2011
    This gets one star, because technically it was a film. That was its redeeming feature meaning I got to sit for more than an hour and a half experiencing it.
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  • urm. what was it about?

    Rated - 1.5 stars  
    By phee (6 reviews) , 10 Jul 2011
    I have come to review this film and can not remember any of it! I take it that this film is not very good. Maybe I have been zapped in the eyes by Will Smith. (the actor not comedian who is much funnier and slightly cuter in a chubby posh way).

    I know I watched it. But.............

    Watch if you want to forget part of your life.
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  • Such a Dissapointment

    Rated - 1.5 stars  
    By Goldust22 (60 reviews) from Gloucester , 03 Jul 2011
    Was looking forward to this as im a big Amy Adams fan but this film was just dreadful you should avoid
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  • Too strange for reality

    Rated - 2.5 stars  
    By a customer , 27 Apr 2011
    Strange film. A stranger in a small town spells trouble. This trouble is different, however, and it works for the better rather than the usual opposite. But for me it was too strange to be believable.
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  • It's natural

    Rated - 4.0 stars  
    By a007gentLeMAN (6 reviews) from London , 23 Feb 2011
    This film is different from most of films . It is real and very natural and difficult somehow . It's about differences , between people , regions , cultures .

    It's about family . It's worth watching .
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