
Successful Carolinian George Johnsten meets Chicago art gallery owner Madeleine at an electoral benefit art auction- love at first sight. Madeleine decides to meet a Southern original artist, so George seizes the opportunity to come along and present her to his North Carolina parents Eugene and Peg, drop-out brother Johny and his high-pregnant wife Ashley. Confronting the outsider soon opens a can of worms as emotions revive or emerge, like admiration and jealousy.... (Full plot summary below)
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Successful Carolinian George Johnsten meets Chicago art gallery owner Madeleine at an electoral benefit art auction- love at first sight. Madeleine decides to meet a Southern original artist, so George seizes the opportunity to come along and present her to his North Carolina parents Eugene and Peg, drop-out brother Johny and his high-pregnant wife Ashley. Confronting the outsider soon opens a can of worms as emotions revive or emerge, like admiration and jealousy.
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| Baltimore SunMichael SragowOne happy surprise after another, even when the content is bittersweet or sad. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsAn arthouse Meet The Parents, Junebug explores the same territory with greater subtlety and complexity, and more chuckles and quiet smiles, instead of big comedy routines. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerThere's a constant tension in the air, as if the characters could make catastrophic decisions at any moment but the film consistently surprises you by upturning the expected cliches. |
| eFilmCritic.comCollin SouterAs curiously odd, profound and beautiful as its title. |
| New York ObserverAndrew SarrisAll the acting is so good, and the setting is so rightly observed, that Junebug emerges as one of the best pictures of the year. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJunebug 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. |
| Sacramento BeeCarla MeyerAn imperfect movie that's perfectly wonderful. |
| Seattle WeeklyTim AppeloIf the Academy has any brains, heart, and balls, at least one Oscar will go to the quietly brilliant Junebug. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThis low-key drama is a miracle of mood, atmosphere, and sensitivity. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe screenwriter Angus MacLachlan and the director Phil Morrison and an astonishingly perfect cast have quietly made a daring picture. |