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ohsweetjesusno:
Teenagers are silly and short sighted, but it's obvious that she doesn't have a easy time letting go of the baby. That scene with Michael Cera was so cute.

imapiratearg:
Jennifer Garner's character was the only character that managed to creep me out, at first.

psyne:
I loved Juno. I saw it shortly after New Years, and hadn't actually heard anything about it, just "there's a comedy with Ellen Page as a pregnant teen that looks kinda cute." I went with my roommate, and we were both AMAZED by it. I don't really get the people who say it didn't feel real, though I guess that depends on your experience with reality. To me, that felt more real than anything I've seen in ages. Especially anything with teenagers, which always ends up horribly stereotyped.

The one thing I find really obnoxious is all the people going on about it being over-hyped or over-rated. They tend to get this patronizing attitude like everyone who likes it is being a follower, and they're individuals for not liking it. I don't care if people like it or not but if they don't they can at least accept that it's hyped and highly rated because other people DO like it, not because other people are mindlessly following hype.

thebrosef:
I haven't been as utterly stunned by a movie since I first saw The Royal Tenenbaums. (Which regardless of what you may or may not have to say about it is one of my favorite movies). I really enjoyed Juno. I thought that Ellen Page really did a good job playing a girl who uses comedy to mask her emotions. Particularly in the scene where she first meets the couple that she intends to give the baby to.

As to the criticisms, I thought the abortion clinic was well cast because how fucked up would going to an abortion clinic be as a 16 yr old? About as fucked up as having one of your classmates protesting outside and having the most stereotypical receptionist of all time behind the counter I imagine. I also thought that those two roles were rather hilarious. And as far as the music goes, it didn't really bother me. I spent a lot of my high school days zoning out to music, so to me it just fit the theme. It also kind of went along with the whole, "teenagers have trouble expressing their feelings so they use other means of communicating them" i.e. music and comedy.

Spoiler I guess:

My favorite line was when Juno is going on about how Bleeker is the coolest person she knows without even trying, and he responds "I try really hard actually." Because who didn't feel like that in High School, honestly.

Spoiler Over.


Also, Hard Candy was nothing less than terrifying when I watched it, and as soon as Ellen Page wore a red zip up hoodie in Juno I almost fucking lost it.

Johnny C:
It is interesting that Juno's sense of humour just comes off as quirky and adolescent in most early scenes but seems almost uncomfortably weird in the couple's home that first time. Very subtle touch.

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