I saw JUNEBUG for Amy Adams, a radiant actress who always adds dimension to every role she takes on. But I slogged through about 20 reviews here before I found one that matched my utter confusion about the success of this film. Previous reviews seem to be defensive about the lack of pace or telling the reader that not much happens in this film. And they would be right. And despite Amy Adams's fine performance, with excellent support from the rest of the cast, I'm baffled why so many like it. What the hell is wrong with baby brother? I want to know why he's such an angry young man. Daddy is walking around in a comma. Momma is in a bad mood all the time. As a previous poster said, we're left wondering why the older, so-called prodigal son would inflict his family on his new wife. He spends most of the movie trying to be the good son and be sexually attentive to his wife. I never know what he does for a living, and in fact it seems that his British wife, who owns a successful art gallery in Chicago, is controlling the purse strings here (not that it matters to the story). They are down south somewhere where the wife is pursuing an artist she would like represent.
I don't want to be admonished for having every i dotted or t crossed in a movie. I don't. But I want a modicum of character motivation. I'm really annoyed by the dumb southern slant in this film. The pace is glacial. Absolutely little happens and when it does, you're left wondering, what was that about?
Amy Adams character is the most fleshed out. A sweet and loving wife, she reveals she wants the guy she fell in love with in high school back. She cheerfully puts up with his moodiness when most of us would have thrown in the towel. Could it be this guy's problems are that he IS an idiot? I never felt an ounce of sympathy for him. The whole family tiptoes around his boorish behavior.
I get family dysfunction. I just don't get this particular depiction.
I don't want to be admonished for having every i dotted or t crossed in a movie. I don't. But I want a modicum of character motivation. I'm really annoyed by the dumb southern slant in this film. The pace is glacial. Absolutely little happens and when it does, you're left wondering, what was that about?
Amy Adams character is the most fleshed out. A sweet and loving wife, she reveals she wants the guy she fell in love with in high school back. She cheerfully puts up with his moodiness when most of us would have thrown in the towel. Could it be this guy's problems are that he IS an idiot? I never felt an ounce of sympathy for him. The whole family tiptoes around his boorish behavior.
I get family dysfunction. I just don't get this particular depiction.