Review of Juno (2007) by Christian E — 25 Feb 2013

Probably up there with my all time favorite movies, Juno brings us through the eyes of Ellen Page as Juno who has recently found herself with a lot more than she can handle, a baby. The story starts off innocently enough as two teenagers giving into temptation and having sex, well a couple months later Juno finds that she is pregnant and will soon find out that everything will change.

The whole plot revolves around feelings and emotions of Juno and her boyfriend, her parents, and the couple who will take custody of the baby after she gives it up for adoption. This movie is very well put together in terms of characters and the actors do a great job with the roles given to them.

Juno has this distinct charm that only Ellen Page and Michael Cera could pull off together. It shows you the ups and downs of one decision, a decision that most do not even view as a big deal, and with that instance everything in your entire world changes.

There have been so many good things said about this movie that its actually hard to add to them and think of what to say. I will say that "Looks are deceiving" as I thought this would be some chick flick but it hits me on a personal level.

The emotions that we are all experience are apart of growing up, and apart of life. They all mean something and we should welcome these events in our life because sometimes we just don't have any control of what happens to us.

The comedy is really subtle and you might pick up on more things with repeated watching, but I would definitely recommend this to any adolescent or anyone in that awkward stage of life. This is certainly one of those feel good movies that can really touch you on a personal level.

Ten stars, great film, hope you enjoy it as much as I did.