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| Year: 2007 |
| Director: Jason Reitman |
| Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, Olivia Thirlby, Rainn Wilson, Daniel Clark, Valerie Tian, Emily Perkins, Kaaren de Zilva, |
| Genres: Drama, Comedy |
| Runtime: 96 min. |
| IMDB: This film on IMDB |
| Soundtrack: available |
| Wallpapers: available |
The movie opens in the fall where, after three pregnancy tests in Rollo's (Rainn Wilson) store, Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) discovers she is nine weeks pregnant by her close friend Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). She calls her best friend, Leah (Olivia Thirlby), and decides to schedule an abortion. Although she encounters a pro-life classmate protesting alone outside the clinic, Juno enters but becomes unnerved and overwhelmed. She returns home intent on carrying the pregnancy to term and to give the infant up for adoption.
Juno and Leah look through the Pennysaver for couples seeking to adopt children and finally come by an ad from Mark and Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner). Juno breaks the news of her pregnancy to her father Mac MacGuff (J. K. Simmons) and her stepmother, Brenda "Bren" MacGuff (Allison Janney), who, after asking if she considered abortion, support her decision to put the baby up for adoption. Juno and her father visit the affluent Lorings in their suburban home where the high-strung Vanessa is unsettled by Juno's sarcasm, but Juno and Mark form a bond over their shared musical interests. Mark reveals that he was once in a punk band but now writes commercial jingles. Juno teases him because Vanessa has boxed all his hobbies – Les Paul guitars, recording gear, and comic books – to a single room in the house.
Several weeks later in the winter Juno goes to receive an ultrasound with Bren and Leah, where a comment about teen mothers by the technician prompts a harsh rebuke from Bren. After the appointment, Juno drives to the Loring residence unannounced to share the ultrasound picture with them. As Mark works from home, he welcomes her and they begin to discuss their shared interests in alternative music and horror films. Vanessa returns home and is caught off-guard by Juno's presence but forms a strong attachment with the picture, then Juno comes across a collection of baby items and Vanessa reveals that a previous adoption fell through. When Juno returns home, her stepmother admonishes her for crossing boundaries of a married man, a concern Juno rejects since they are merely friends.
When Juno is in the final weeks of her pregnancy in the spring, she visits the mall with Leah and covertly observes a relaxed Vanessa playing happily with a friend's child. When they run into each other, Juno encourages Vanessa to touch her belly and speak to the baby. At school, Juno learns that Paulie asked Katrina De Voort to go to prom and has a falling out with him. Juno again visits Mark to listen to music; he reveals he is leaving Vanessa because a baby will not fix their broken marriage.
Juno storms out of the room in tears and encounters Vanessa in the next room who confronts both of them. While Mark says he is unprepared to be a father, Vanessa asks him to mature and become a father to their child. As Juno watches their marriage fall apart, she runs out. As she is sitting in her van on the side of the highway, Juno writes a note on a discarded receipt, leaves it on the Lorings' doorstep, and drives away. Juno returns home and her father gives her advice about finding love and being in a relationship. Juno realizes that she loves Paulie and stuffs his mailbox full of his favorite orange Tic Tacs that night. At the track field the next day, they reconcile and begin a relationship with a public kiss.
Juno ultimately gives birth to a baby boy; she decides not to call Paulie because he had a very important track meet that day, which he wins. When Paulie sees Juno is not in the stands cheering for him, he runs straight from the track to the hospital in only his running gear. He climbs into her hospital bed to console Juno who is more distraught over giving up her child than she realized she would be. Juno and Paulie agree it is best to not see the baby because they never felt as if he belonged to them, but rather was always meant for Vanessa. Vanessa claims the boy from the nursery as Bren looks on and in the baby's nursery at Vanessa's house, Juno's note on the receipt is framed on the wall: "Vanessa, if you're still in, I'm still in. -Juno." The film concludes with a final kiss between Juno and Paulie after they sing and play The Moldy Peaches' song "Anyone Else But You".
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| Date: 2008-01-20 04:31:25 |
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I saw this film at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.
Juno MacGuff (played magnificently by TIFF regular Ellen Page), finds herself pregnant, knocked up by her best friend Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera) on their first attempt at sex. Juno, with the help of her best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby), takes it upon herself to find some adoptive parents. Courtesy of the local Penny Saver, she soon finds childless couple Mark and Vanessa (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner).
With the help of her surprisingly supportive father (J.K. Simmons) and stepmom (Allison Janney), Juno embarks on her pregnancy, which ends up affecting everyone in some unexpected and touching ways.
This was a great film, probably the best I've seen so far at the festival. Ellen Page gives a wonderful performance as Juno, convincingly portraying her as a real independent free spirit. Michael Cera was good and funny, although I occasionally had trouble divorcing his character from George-Michael Bluth. J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney did a nice turn as Juno's parents. Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman were great as the adoptive parents who, while seemingly the perfect suburban couple on the outside, have their own sets of issues on the inside. Bateman especially gave a great performance as Mark, who is worried about sacrificing his own dreams as he connects with Juno over a shared love of music and the reality of the baby sinks in.
This is director Jason Reitman's follow up to his first feature film, Thank You For Smoking, which also debuted at the festival on the exact same date and time in 2005. This is screenwriter Diablo Cody's first feature film, and she put together a refreshing take on the typical teen pregnancy story with some great dialogue for the actors. The audience laughed so hard at some of the lines, they drowned out the ones that followed. |
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Grease - 25th Annivers ... (2003)
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