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Juno [2007] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Clever, sweet and cool.
Review date: 2008-05-25 Rating: 10 out of 10
I loved this film. The script is simply amazing, with endless amounts of wit and intelligence. The indy style of the film may annoy some but I think that indy is the next (or current) big thing. No one wants tongue-in-cheeck macho action films nowadays. The subtle (not completely) and gentle way in which young love is portrayed in this film is great.
Great soundtrack, all parts well played and above it all a brilliant script.
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If you looked up 'indy' in the dictionary it would probably say: see Juno
Review date: 2008-03-16 Rating: 6 out of 10
Here's a film that tries too hard, yet still manages to be endearing & entertaining. My primary criticism is the same I had for the television show, Veronica Mars... I have yet to encounter a teenager who's that witty, intelligent and/or worldly. Cute little knocked-up Juno belts out one-liners like a seasoned comedian.
If you looked up 'indy' in the dictionary it would probably say: see Juno. It's this year's Little Miss Sunshine and, sadly, it feels a little formulaic these days...
Three stars is the best I can do.
A great movie
Review date: 2008-03-05 Rating: 8 out of 10
This is another "sideways " " little miss sunshine " type of movie with the real star being an unborn child. The story is very engaging and the movie goes very quickly and is worth a second viewing
A lot has been written about what Diablo Cody meant with her pro-life stance and I think it is open to the viewer's interpretation.
There are certain moments of utter brilliance in the film , the Oriental girl aoutside the abortion clinic and the calm and collected reaction of Juno's parents are among them.
The acting is excellent across the board but Cela is the best delivering his best performance yet.
Why not 5 stars ?
Ellen Page overacts a bit and Micheal Cera plays a perfect teenager aloof and insecure ( perhaps if her performance had matched his it would have been very different ).American teenage slang can be difficult to follow at times.
The nice house scenes can be creepy and made me cringe as I watched them.
A breath of fresh air and perhaps and one the best American movies this year.
Entertaining, moving and funny
Review date: 2008-03-03 Rating: 10 out of 10
There are many great things about this film. It has been spoiled somewhat by all the hype as it has caused people to have stratospheric expectations. It is basically a little indie film, but of its kind it is of the highest quality.
It stars Ellen Page (who was nominated for a best actress Oscar) as Juno McGuff. A young girl who gets pregnant the one and only time she has sex. She decides to give the baby away to a couple she finds in the newspaper and the plot basically follows the course of her pregnancy.
The cast is great and while the dialogue has come in for some criticism I think most of it works really well. Some people have said the character of Juno is too cool and is not realistic; but come on, the film is not a documentary and the actress, writer and director have worked together to create a really charming character which lifts this film above the average. Much of the dialogue is quotable and laugh out loud funny and as its not disingenuous with the character that's been created I don't see a problem with it.
The characters are different from the usual ones who appear in American teen based movies and the characters and plot constantly surprise you. For example the way Juno's Dad and Step-Mum react to her pregnancy is both refreshing and realistic.
The soundtrack is great too and fits perfectly with the film. It will either remind you of songs you had forgotten or introduce you to knew artists - depending on your age!
I believe this film will appeal to a wide range of people as there are many different points of view to identify with. Both my Mum and I loved it and I think everyone should give it a chance. If you do enjoy it you will definitely want to see it more than once, so in short - you should buy the DVD!!!
good fun, off-beat, fresh, very well cast
Review date: 2008-03-02 Rating: 8 out of 10
I enjoyed this rather off-beat, feel-good Canadian comedy. Juno, aged 16, gets pregnant and then has to decide what to do next. Adoption is formally and legally arranged with a yuppie couple, both of them, it appears, nice folk ; but all is not quite what it seems there and things eventually become complicated, or more complicated than they were before. It pans out, and this is a film which ends happily, but it might not have done. The cast is uniformly strong, and is headed by a magnetic performance by Ellen Page as Juno, totally charming and unexpectedly touching in her screwball persona. It's good that her parents, Dad and Step-Mom (Alison Janney, always good value for money) love her and are level-headed about what has happened. It's good, too, that she comes to love her not-really boyfriend, the father of her child and that things work out, sort of, for the yuppie couple. The script corruscates, and I've seen it written that some of the things Juno says are just not credible from a 16-year-old like her, which is probably true, but I enjoyed them nonetheless. It's also been said that the film is anti-abortion, and indeed Juno has an off-putting experience at the agency she goes to with that in mind, but her reaction is understandable and it's just one piece of gauche human response - it doesn't seem to me to be doctrinaire at all. This is a film for fun, fresh and original, with a charming side but little sentimentality (except perhaps for the rather awful song Juno and her boyfriend sing at the end, she rather well, he rather badly). As such, it offers a lot to be enjoyed.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jason Bateman
Ellen Page
Allison Janney
Michael Cera
Jennifer Garner
Creators:
Ellen Page (Primary Contributor)
Michael Cera (Primary Contributor)
Brad Van Arragon (Producer)
Daniel Dubiecki (Producer)
Jim Miller (Producer)
John Malkovich (Producer)
Joseph Drake (Producer)
Kelli Konop (Producer)
Diablo Cody (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
EAN: 0024543506874
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: AC-3, Colour, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release date: 2008-04-15
Universal product code (UPC): 024543506874
Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 96 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2207-12-14
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: French (Original Language)
Language: Spanish (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: French (Dubbed)
Language: Spanish (Dubbed)