Junebug

Madeleine, a Chicago art dealer, travels to North Carolina with her new husband to convince an outsider artist there to sign with her gallery but also to meet her husband's family for the first time. It's a little gem. Sister-in-law Ashley, played by Amy Adams, is cute as a bug's ear (if life were fair she would have won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar). She's nine months pregnant, outgoing, generous, sincere and her favourite animal is the meerkat. Ashley's sullen young husband, Johnny, feels trapped by the pregnancy and inadequate in the face of his brother George's success. There are some wonderful moments in the film: George's hymn singing at a church supper, Johnny struggling to tape a meerkat special , George and Ashley at the hospital. It's a charming film with amazingly talented performances all round.