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Junebug

(2005, Rated R, Drama, Starring Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 16, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 16.

  • Is it any good?

    3.0

  • Common Sense says

    Odd, insightful movie best for mature teens+.

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 16–17

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Characters make poor decisions, but the movie explores reasons and alternatives.

  • Violence:

    Violence depicted in paintings, a short fight between brothers.

  • Sex:

    Some sexual situations (including brief masturbation), tastefully represented.

  • Language:

    Some cursing, including f-word.

  • Consumerism:

    Gallery owner wants to sell paintings, so marketplace is a theme.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Characters drink and smoke cigarettes.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Junebug

Parents need to know that this movie includes sexual language (including references to genitalia) and imagery (brief images of a married couple making love and a young woman masturbating). Characters smoke, drink, and curse (including the f-word), and a couple of them use the n-word. A character is glimpsed on the toilet, through a doorway.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the representation of cultural differences, for instance, regional, gendered, and generational. How do such disparities lead to assumptions and assessments? How do the various characters resent or feel jealous of one another, for seeming happiness or success? How does the movie turn around your expectations of who understands the stakes of these family relationships? How does "outsider art" become metaphorical for characters' feelings of alienation or loneliness?
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  1. Adult Reviewer
    jcarole
    Lives in California
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 4.0

    Got me thinking...

    This is a good movie to watch with a maturing teen to talk about values, relationships and how we all come together at times. The movie does creep up on you and there's a watershed moment that keeps the discussion going after the movie is over. While it is rather slow moving - which makes yet another point - it makes it's point.

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