Monday, May 19, 2008

Juno

When she becomes unexpectedly pregnant by a guy pal, a 16-year-old girl in small-town Minnesota decides to give her baby to the "perfect" couple she locates from the classified ads, only to discover that the impending adoption is pushing them towards divorce and causing her to fall in love with the biological father of the child.

Customer Reviews

Humor and Romance

This movie is unbelievably funny. It's a cute story of a teenager named juno who accidently gets preggo. She decides right away to put the baby up for adoption. The movie basically follows her through her selection of a family for the baby and all the thrills of her pregnancy, not to mention her feels for the father of the baby. It's a really great movie and Ellen Page and Michael Cera play great parts.


Great condition!
I wanted the movie because i didnt get a chance to go to the movies and see it. And i just love it. Juno is very hilarious. Thanks for being the seller!

JUNO ! DVD
Everyone seems to know a good thingwhen they see it! Juno is really popular and totaly worth watching. Great Fun for the whole family! The acting is Super and the story is really captivating. I bought it because so many people couldn't wait to get a copy and now I know why.

GREAT
Loved the movie, it was a chik film, but a good movie for a tennager to watch. I am a grown mother with 3 kids and I left them watch it.....



JUNO - BEST FEEL GOOD MOVE IN YEARS!!
This is a movie about a tough subject, Teenage Pregnancy. What drew me to this movie was that it starred the kid from Superbad in it, and he was a riot in that. Also I heard all the good reviews online and on TV. I originally walked past this movie the first few days it was at blockbuster because it looked like something I wouldnt be interested in. I couldnt have been more wrong. Yes theres no action or things blowing up, but it was an excellent movie regardless. This was a movie that left you feeling warm and fuzzy when it was over. I think Micheal Cera(Superbad) and Ellen Page(X-Men) did a terrific job in thier starring roles, and Jason Baitman and Jennifer Garner do ane excellent job as supporting actor and actress.

Pros: Excellent acting done by all!
Good soundtrack
Very well written, tackles a tough subject in a superb manner!

Cons: Some scenes didnt seem authentic, mostly the ones with Jason Baitman. Overall he did a good job, but I felt some scenes were forced.

Final Review - RENT IT, BUY IT, OR USE DVD FOR A COASTER: BUY IT!! Great movie for a collection. No wonder why it won so many awards!

Amazon.com
Somewhere between the sharp satire of Election and the rich human comedy of You Can Count On Me lies Juno, a sardonic but ultimately compassionate story of a pregnant teenage girl who wants to give her baby up for adoption. Social misfit Juno (Ellen Page, Hard Candy, X-Men: The Last Stand) protects herself with a caustic wit, but when she gets pregnant by her friend Paulie (Michael Cera, Superbad), Juno finds herself unwilling to terminate the pregnancy. When she chooses a couple who place a classified ad looking to adopt, Juno gets drawn further into their lives than she anticipated. But Juno is much more than its plot; the stylized dialogue (by screenwriter Diablo Cody) seems forced at first, but soon creates a richly textured world, greatly aided by superb performances by Page, Cera, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman as the prospective parents, and J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man) and Allison Janney as Juno's father and stepmother. Director Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking) deftly keeps the movie from slipping into easy, shallow sarcasm or foundering in sentimentality. The result is smarter and funnier than you might expect from the subject matter, and warmer and more touching than you might expect from the cocky attitude. Page's performance is deceptively simple; she never asks the audience to love her, yet she effortlessly carries a movie in which she's in almost every scene. That's star power. --Bret Fetzer



Get to Know Juno's Cast

Ellen Page (Juno MacGuff)

Michael Cera (Paulie Bleeker)

Jennifer Garner (Vanessa Loring)

Jason Bateman (Mark Loring)

Allison Janney (Bren MacGuff)

J.K. Simmons (Mac MacGuff)

Beyond Juno

Juno Soundtrack

More from Screenwriter Diablo Cody






Juno. Greatest Indie Film Ever?

Quick answer? Yes.
This is quirky and lovable whilst remaining original and not campy.
Ellen Page is a fantastic actress years beyond her age. She manages to act adult and cute at the same time.
Michael Cera is also a fantastic addition to the film, adding awkwardness in place of suave debonair traditionally found in a leader male role.
Easily one of the best movies of 2007, complete with it's own (insatiable) indie score.

See this movie.

Best "little" movie of 2007
When I first saw the previews for Juno, I knew it would be an Oscar nominated film, and just a hint of Ellen Page's performance made me believe she would be up for best actress, maybe even win. Well 2 out of 3 ain't bad. She didn't win, but she should have. I had seen Ellen only as the third "Kitty Pride" or Shadowcat in X-Men The Last Stand ("I'm the juggernaut.. Bitch!"). Normally as a guy well past his teens (I literally have ties older than Ellen) I would probably have avoided a movie about a pregnant teen but there is something that draws you in, besides Ellen's own charm and wit, that "Indy" charm, a quirky looking dialogue driven effort by ex-stripper turned writer Diablo Cody. Besides a stellar performance from the Halifax-born Page (another reason to adore the little cutie) is the fantastic supporting cast, Michael Cera has a certain nerdy charm as Juno's boyfriend in his day-glow orange running pants and his penchant for inhaling orange tic-tacs like some stars pop Prozac. Juno, has the best parents in the world, Alison Janney and J.K. Simmons, who played J.Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man movies and "Garth Pancake" in The Coen Brother's "Ladykillers". The couple who wants to adopt Juno's little bundle of joy are Jason Bateman (Cera's co-star from Arrested Development) and Jennifer Garner (Daredevil) who gives the performance of her career in an understated but subtlely powerful turn as the mommy wannabe. Even though I had a feeling of dread all through the movie that once all the great one-liners were exhausted that it would morph into some angst-ridden, melodrama "afterschool special of the week" I was pleasantly surprised. After a near 180 degree turn, it delivered a satisfying ending that the best of Hollywood could match. I would highly recommend this movie and I am waiting by the mailbox for the DVD to arrive, but first I have to clear out all the orange tic-tacs that someone put in there.

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