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JUNEBUG (2005)
starring Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz,
Alessandro Nivola, & Ben McKenzie
starring Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz,
Alessandro Nivola, & Ben McKenzie
So, I saw this movie yesterday on our DVD player, which I rarely use because of the quality of our tv. It was the first time in a long time that I watch a film in one sitting, so surprise
Embeth Davidtz stars as Madeleine, an art curator, who meets George (Alessandro Nivola) in an art show, and marries him a week later. Months later she travels down south to North Carolina to pursue a painter to sign with her gallery. As it turns out, George lived not far from the painter, so they took this opportunity to meet his family.
This movie is billed as a comedy-drama, and is just so. Amy Adams as the glorious and pregnant Ashley is the saving grace and the star of the film. She was undeniably funny and I cannot help but smile whenever she's onscreen and feel sad when her husband, Johnny (Benjamin McKenzie) continually ignores her. I remember watching McKenzie a few years back in The O.C. and thought he was uninspiring, but here he plays a very much complicated character.
Alessandro Nivola is gorgeously sexy as Davidtz's husband. My brother informed me a few minutes into the film that Davidtz was from one of my childhood favorite movies "Matilda", and I had to make sure that she was, and sure enough my brother was right. I was like, "It's Miss Honey!" I knew the American accent she was sporting in that movie was not hers.
Acting: 8/10
Story: 7.5/10
Visual: 8/10
Overall: 7.8
Embeth Davidtz stars as Madeleine, an art curator, who meets George (Alessandro Nivola) in an art show, and marries him a week later. Months later she travels down south to North Carolina to pursue a painter to sign with her gallery. As it turns out, George lived not far from the painter, so they took this opportunity to meet his family.
This movie is billed as a comedy-drama, and is just so. Amy Adams as the glorious and pregnant Ashley is the saving grace and the star of the film. She was undeniably funny and I cannot help but smile whenever she's onscreen and feel sad when her husband, Johnny (Benjamin McKenzie) continually ignores her. I remember watching McKenzie a few years back in The O.C. and thought he was uninspiring, but here he plays a very much complicated character.
Alessandro Nivola is gorgeously sexy as Davidtz's husband. My brother informed me a few minutes into the film that Davidtz was from one of my childhood favorite movies "Matilda", and I had to make sure that she was, and sure enough my brother was right. I was like, "It's Miss Honey!" I knew the American accent she was sporting in that movie was not hers.
Acting: 8/10
Story: 7.5/10
Visual: 8/10
Overall: 7.8
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