Junebug screenwriter Angus MacLachlan writes and directs an understated drama centering on a North Carolina family and the messy attempts of its patriarch (David Strathairn) to solve his grown children’s problems and protect his beloved daughter-in-law (Jane Levy) from hard truths. The film’s emotional impact unfolds as a series of quiet epiphanies, with pitch-perfect performances from a cast that also includes Celia Weston, Anna Camp and Will Pullen.
A Little Prayer:
Junebug screenwriter Angus MacLachlan writes and directs an understated drama centering on a North Carolina family and the messy attempts of its patriarch (David Strathairn) to solve his grown children’s problems and protect his beloved daughter-in-law (Jane Levy) from hard truths. The film’s emotional impact unfolds as a series of quiet epiphanies, with pitch-perfect performances from a cast that also includes Celia Weston, Anna Camp and Will Pullen.