Hmmmmmm? There's a third indie opening this weekend (huge weekend for indies and imports) called Junebug. I really didn't know much about it, but as I went to check in on 2046 and Broken Flowers a couple times this week, I noticed how well its been doing. It looks really cute actually.



Its been tracking above 90% approval, and already has 22 reviews in. Its sitting with only two rotten now. People seem to be consistent about the warmth of the mvoie. That its very celebratory even if at times paced. It actually sounds like a perfect mix. Aside from this information though, I haven't really heard much about it. Anyone?



From Hollywood Reporter.com: It's sometimes said that Southerners rejoice in their eccentrics and put them out on the porch for full display, rather than push them in the closet. Indeed, the filmmakers have given us a nicely filled porch.

I saw it on Saturday I liked it.
I didn't quite fall in love with it and even though I gave it a B, I'm thinking that it was actually slightly better than what I gave it credit for.

It is quite cute. Amy Adams is really good and I would recommend it.

I saw the trailer in front of Crash and thought it looked pretty good.

Roeper said he thinks Amy Adams is already a candidate for best supporting actress.

I think the movie might be too small for that, but at this point, ya... she's definitely a contender.

This film has a rather interesting cast, and I've heard Amy Adams is just wonderful. I hope to catch it when it opens around here.

I really hope this opens near me. I think it looks great.

This finally opens around me this weekend, so I may get around to seeing it.

Well, a few points as it sinks in. I have to say its the kind of story that takes time to digest, mostly because of its nuances. I liked it enough while watching it, but as I think about the story in retrospect, it seems even a bit better and smarter than on first impression. And raving critics are so right, Amy Adams steals the limelight every minute she's in. What a great actress. What else has she done? She deserves a supporting oscar for this role, if not a win. Hopefully the movie will do well in enough that people will remember it and give her some consideration. She was a great character really.


More to come.

Yes, I agree.
It was quite interesting while you're watching but it grows on you after the first impression wears off. And Amy Adams is a revelation... she owns the movie!

Yeah. Its one of those character stories where I was really turned off by alot of aspects of them. But then I thought about it, and do not include the discussions on Evangelical movements, isolation, education, and so forth, would have been an even greater diservice. I really think going down to rural/suburban Carolina and not mentioning Jesus would be a bit of a lie. In that sense, the movie is very realist. But its not going for documentary style, which would ellicit snickers and probably condescending self-congratulations. Instead it was style dramatic and scripted enough that I couldn't walk away from it so easily. I don't know, it was a tough movie to handle because of how ambiguous it was. But I tend to compare it to something like Crash. Because it tried to show the complexity of socio-economic, race, poverty, etc. But it succeeded more for me because it kept it on a personal family story. Really fleshed out the few figures it wanted to follow, and didn't try to take those people and use them as some huge morality plug. They just, kind of existed. Again, that's where the realism comes in. I dunno. I still desire for a director to try and push it one step further, and I was denied that. It was, in the end, just a personal story of a couple who learns about eachother through visiting extended family.

Saw it today. Terrific film. Amy Adams was eye-opening.