JUNE

June Movie Review

June (Kennedy Brice) is a nine-year-old foster child with a bad temper and imaginary friend; the rub is the temper isn't really hers, and her "imaginary friend", Aer, isn't imaginary at all--she's a demon waiting to be unleashed on the world so she can destroy mankind. We know immediately this isn't going to be the most original movie we've ever seen, so we have to push past that and let it attempt to stand on its own legs without much comparison to similar films. Coming out of the gates, we get the occult folks standing in the circle, the ritual, blah blah blah, and we see the visuals of this movie are going to leave a lot to be desired.

Blinded by the light...

Mercifully, these scenes are minimal, with the focus being more on character development (I was surprised too). Brice does a decent job as the title character/creepy kid--her unusual natural look helps a lot. Victoria Pratt is solid as Lily, June's foster mother, but Casper Van Dien (Sleepy Hollow) is nothing short of awful as Dave, the father. To the film's credit, there are some pretty intense moments, and you may find yourself on the edge of your seat at times. The movie builds up some steam leading into the final 15 minutes, but the wheels absolutely fall off when we are bombarded by horror cliches and, worse, horrendous directing and editing--the scenes of Van Dien in his car, hurrying home, are so amateurish they'll make you laugh, and the slow-motion peeling out in the leaf pile is beyond bad. These missteps take away any tension they had managed to achieve, and takes you completely out of the movie. Possession movies are a dime a dozen it seems, so the real challenges with these films are two-fold: make it really scary and/or make it really memorable--June attempts both, but accomplishes neither. 

On A Scale Of One To Ten: 5

June Movie Trailer