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JUNEBUG - in cinemas from this week

21 Oct 2006
JUNEBUG opens this Thursday nation wide. Much anticipated, this black comedy features Amy Adams in her Academy Award nominated role. A rich and unexpected blend of social satire and moving family…

JUNEBUG opens this Thursday nation wide.
Much anticipated, this black comedy features Amy Adams in her Academy Award nominated role.

A rich and unexpected blend of social satire and moving family drama, this loosely structured tale of a chic Chicago art-dealer's introduction to her Southern husband's small-town family is graced with fine performances and a keen sense of its North Carolina setting. Oscar-nominated Amy Adams shines as the garrulously naïve sister-in-law.
JUNEBUG opens this Thursday nation wide.
Much anticipated, this black comedy features Amy Adams in her Academy Award nominated role.

A rich and unexpected blend of social satire and moving family drama, this loosely structured tale of a chic Chicago art-dealer's introduction to her Southern husband's small-town family is graced with fine performances and a keen sense of its North Carolina setting. Oscar-nominated Amy Adams shines as the garrulously naïve sister-in-law.

"Junebug is about a Chicago art dealer (and new bride) who scores 'barely passing' on the in-law test. She experiences this alienation without fully realizing that she has married into a clan of Southerners, each of whom is an outsider in his own family. What ensues is a deadpan Meet the Parents as reimagined by Chekhov... Director Phil Morrison's keenly observed feature debut (from an exceptional screenplay by Angus MacLachlan) distills the distinctions of North and South, urban and rural, intellectual and folksy, without presuming the superiority of one over the other... This brilliantly detailed, richly painted portrait lingers long in the memory." - Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

Releases: Nation wide on 12 October
Rated: M - contains offensive language and sexual references
Run Time: 107 minutes
Country of Production: USA
Festivals screened at: Cannes, Sundance