Juno Reviews

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Touching, Heartwarming, funny, compelling, intelligent, i cant even stress how good a movie this is. Watch it, own it.

"Juno" is one of the most loveable teen films in the past decade. Filled with tons of heart and tons of light comedy, this film takes a simple story of a 16-year-old girl getting pregnant and makes it into this beautiful story revolving around character development, character chemistry, and learning lessons between right and wrong. This is not only a nice teen/dramedy flick, but it also serves as a school lesson for young teens and what problems could arise in these situations. Definitely one of my favourite films of 2007. I loved the unique direction and the script is very very well written. There is just so much to love about this little film!

Though imperfect, it's funny and charming at times.

A sublime script, with perfect performances and direction, blasting away cliches like a giant leaf-blower of a film and challenging anyone to raise an eyebrow at its 'quirkiness'. Excellent.

Funny and quirky while dramatic and compelling. Great indie movie with good direction!

Ellen Page steals the show in Reitman's first classic film, though you do feel like maybe Reitman may have stolen one too many things from Wes Anderson

Always a bit smarter than you might think. Full review later.

Out of the myriad of rom-com's that have come out over the past half decade or so, Juno is the sweetest, most touching of the lot. Full of quirky one-liners and a hint of things being deeper and more complicated than they seem, not a single scene is wasted. Ellen Page gives a phenomenal performance as the titular character, who has a habit of pushing the limits, but never quite going too far (except the whole pregnancy thing). Juno treats her pregnancy as more of an infection, or disease, that simply gets in the way of you leading your life until its over. All the while, Michael Cera races to the finish line.

Starring the actress we know from INCEPTION and WHIP IT and the actor we know from SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD and SUPERBAD, JUNO is a ridiculously funny comedy about an unplanned teen pregnancy. When I rented it, even though it was nominated for a few Oscars and was highly praised review-wise, I feared that it would be an "indie" twist on the usual dumb-humor farce; but it's extremely simple to say that that's not at all what this was. It was an amazing blend of controversy and laughs that, quite surprisingly, weren't from raunchiness or crudeness, but rather from the cleverness of the plot and sub-plots altogether.

I hate to see Michael Cera typecast into this sort of role, but everyone else in the movie had to make room for Ellen Page to shine.

The Moldy Peaches, w00t.

Usually I don't like movies like this but in this case I did. Ellen and Michael have great chemistry and it's just one of those movies that goes by fast. Its a feel good movie. My Dad even liked it lol. :) :) :)

A really good film!

Completely deserving of the Best Screenplay Oscar......
"Sorry, I'm on my hamburger phone."
Love it.
Ellen Page is so brilliant!
One of the best films of the strong year, 2007!

Juno has definitely become way too popular and reveered for its own good, but it still retains its unique writing and great Ellen Page performance. This has become a word synonymous with the indie culture; posessing all things quirky and unexpected. That is a strength sometimes, but most of the time it just dates the movie a lot; here's no doubting it came out in 2007. It was a time where Michael Cera and Jason Bateman were starting their dominance over comedy and gloating over their Arrested Development. It also seems to be chalk full with just about anyone who has a little bit of indie movie fame. Jason Reitman's vision is nowhere near as powerful as the writing and ultimately piggy-backs on Diablo Cody and her bizarre version of high school. Now Ellen Page seemed to be the person who really got what this story was about and her sarcastic tone lack of enthusiasm towards the dialogue is great. That makes you properly analze the actions of the characters and the plot; otherwise it would just be nonsense with enough indie music and obscure refrences to populate a small coffee shop in Seattle.

At first this movie, particularly its dialogue, is unique and funny. Then it goes on making similar coy, smug and self aware remarks and "jokes." It starts out interesting but gets increasingly annoying along the way.

An interesting and sweet little flm that says more about "irresponsible" teenagers than what it does "responsible" rich adults. It's interesting to see how each couple react to everything that happens in this flim as by the end it's clear that maybe the baby would be better off with it's biological parents. Juno makes an adult decision since she learns of her mistake which puts her head and shoulders above the guy who left his good job, house and wife to become a musician. Intersting character study.

A funny, touching story with really good direction (Reitman would later do a great job with Up In the Air) and great performances. Only sometimes did things begin to go downhill, plot-wise. Still a great movie.

I love this movie a lot, it was very well made, funny, great acting, good moral, and a nice ending. Ellen page is a great actress, i don't care what you say, shes been good in everything shes been in.