Juno (2007)

I'm sure you have heard the hype surrounding this film, for one thing, believe it. This movie is worth the hype that it received. From the extremely well acting by Ellen Page, Michael Cera, J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney, and Jason Bateman. To the very well thought out and tight script from new comer Diablo Cody. And the excellent directing by Jason Reitman.

Alright, enough name dropping lets get to the film, this movie revolves around a 16 year old girl named Juno (Ellen Page) who gets pregnant by Michael Cera's character Pauly. And then follows her around over the 9 month period separated by season in the film. I fell in love with this film from the very beginning regardless of its very indie by numbers feel from the opening credits, to the quirky tic tac thing that Cera's character has. It works, it works very well in this film and fits the mood of the movie.

Cody's script is extremely well written and you can tell, even if you did not pay attention. Juno may seem to say some things that seem out of character that normally a 16 year old would say but after you get to know the character so well, you really see that it fits her persona, at first i was a little jarred and did not like it but it grew on me. This movie also contains a lot of laughs which is refreshing to see in a movie of this subject.

The soundtrack also gives this movie another "indie by numbers" feel with its folk / acoustic / punk but once again fits the movie right. If it works this well, then why the fuck not i say. It made me want to go out and buy the soundtrack right away, and that is exactly what i did. If a movies soundtrack has that effect on me, props to them because i normally do not do that, minus the Grindhouse films of course.


The acting is superb in this film, Cera once again pulls off the awkwardness of teenage youth like he does so well in Arrested Development as George Michael. Page makes a very believable 16 year old "indie" girl, J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney's roles as Juno's parents were spot on and i almost liked them the best in the film. Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner also play the parents who want to adopt Juno's baby once it is born and theres a nice little twist thrown in their that i will not spoil that i kind of saw coming but really was a turning point in the film.

The ending of this movie is what kind of got me a little bit, it seemed perfect for the film but seeing Juno profess her love to Pauly i thought was a beautiful touch to the end and really made the movie come together. I am not going to sit here and say, see this movie, but if you actually read this, please do me a favor and see this film. Even if you are not a fan of the indie feel of films, just for a comedy and a heartwarming story, see it. You will not be disappointed.

10/10