"Ellen Page stars as Juno (also the film’s title), a whip-smart teen confronting an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera).
With the help of her hot best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby), Juno finds her unborn child a “perfect” set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, Mark and Vanessa (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), longing to adopt.
Luckily, Juno has the total support of her parents (JK Simmons and Allison Janney) as she faces some tough decisions, flirts with adulthood and ultimately figures out where she belongs."
An unthinkable situation fifty years ago, when being pregnant out of wedlock was a shame, even more as a teenager.
More an educational movie than a succesful story.
The end is not exactly the one one would love and forecast.
But then, life is unpredictable and the mother of today can be again a teenager tomorrow and it is right: let be a mother the one who wants to be a mother...
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That is what a Movie should be, to show you what you have known all your life, but in a different way. And a movie is worth if it leaves something in your mind or in your heart.
1 comment:
i assumed Juno was directed by the same guy that directed Knocked Up, because it's about unexpected pregnancy and Michael Cera stars as Juno's boyfriend (he was in Superbad, a close relative of Knocked Up)... all in all the movie had in interesting/unique style
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