Junebug

"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..."

"Ensemble casts like this are not easy to come by. Adams is something more than that -- a brilliant young comedian bursting into bloom..."

"Screenwriter Angus Maclachlan has delicately etched a compelling portrait of a way of life whose decencies and simplicities are often dismissed as being "unsophisticated." In like spirit, director Phil Morrison has succinctly depicted the richness of seemingly open green spaces, the genuineness of small-town suburban community... The acting is graceful and rich..."

"It’s always doubly delightful to stumble across a picture that is not only an enjoyable surprise, but which also contains a star-in-the-making whom the more sensationalist media is yet to tarnish with cheap celebrity... Amy Adams lights up Phil Morrison’s pleasingly understated study of clashing cultures and backwater frustration..."

"A witty character study, this is Phil Morrison's first feature which takes the staid family reunion theme and gives it a shine with fresh insights and wry observations..."