Junebug

Jesse: Really nice performances, cool use of (den, hobby wall, modern art) imagery in its portrayal of mundane Southern life. These characters exist in all our lives (or are selves) treading along in complicit guilelessness. Points for walking the ever thinning line (in America) between 'normal', efficient lives and self-destructive impulses beneath the surface. With quiet aplomb. Perhaps that's why I was reminded of that classic, Sex, Lies Videotape. 4.2/5

Beth: I was very impressed with the acting in this movie, but the movie itself left me feeling off-kilter. I don't know what it was: the southern, sculpted-wood, praise-the-lord ickiness of it all; the disturbing relationships pristinely portrayed; the "class" implications... The truth is, if a movie gets to me, I think it's done its job. So I'll give it a thumbs up.