Amy Adams in a performance as deep as it is delightful, is the film's heart and also its flaky, wonderstruck soul.

Ensemble casts like this are not easy to come by. Adams is something more than that -- a brilliant young comedian bursting into bloom.

This low-key drama is a miracle of mood, atmosphere, and sensitivity.

Junebug is a great film because it is a true film. It humbles other films that claim to be about family secrets and eccentricities. It understands that families are complicated and their problems are not solved during a short visit, just in time for the film to end. Families and their problems go on and on, and they aren't solved, they're dealt with.

The screenwriter Angus MacLachlan and the director Phil Morrison and an astonishingly perfect cast have quietly made a daring picture.

One happy surprise after another, even when the content is bittersweet or sad.

Manages to be one of the genuinely fresh discoveries of the summer, a little gem that deserves to become a big sleeper hit.

It's hugely entertaining, it's spectacularly acted, and it pricks you in all kinds of places. Maybe the best thing is to see it and let it bug you, too.

A deceptively simple, deeply resonant story about the inherent loneliness of family, the odds against assimilation and the enormous distances that can divide two people.

The sum is something deeply profound: about awkwardness, culture clash, failed connections, and - ultimately - the strength that comes from surviving a trial by fire.

A movie that gets wonderfully under your skin.

Junebug has the feel of a good short story or novella.

Brilliantly detailed, richly painted portrait.

Happily, Morrison's actors grasp his intentions perfectly, shading their roles so well that we never quite get a handle on anyone. Each player is outstanding, but the highest praise must go to Weston.