Movie Review

So, I watched Junebug tonight and it was ok. It was an interesting look at family and the dynamics therein. Everyone had their role, the quiet dad, the opinionated mother, the detached son with his always positive, pregnant wife, the favored son with his career oriented new wife. There were several tonal scenes where a room in a house was full of energy because of the people interacting within it but then the same space was shown empty causing you to realize what gives a place life. This occurred in varying ways throughout the film. The new wife was trying to lure a simple country-boy folk artist to show his work in her gallery and the artist's character and works were obscure and funny. Anyway, the critics really liked this film and Amy Adams (pregnant wife) was nominated for the best supporting actress Oscar for the role. I say it was average. I would recommend it to those who enjoy movies that are reflectively slow, intentionally quiet, relationally based and don't mind if the plot isn't incredibly thick.