The adorkable Ellen Page, previously unknown, stars in a very sweet movie, written by an ex-stripper.
I kept hearing about Juno in my hip toronto free newspapers so i finally decided to see it with my hip toronto friend. and unless you only like explosion movies, i think it's hard to be disappointed.
The movie revolves around an accidental teen pregnancy between Juno and her best friend Paulie (played by Arrested Development's Micheal Cera). It doesn't really revolve around the stress of teen pregnancy so much as Juno's quick wit and carefree attitude. After deciding against an abortion , she decides to give the baby up for adoption to a pleasant looking couple played by Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman (also from AD).
There's not a whole lot i can say without spoiling the plot, or just not doing it justice.
As far as what i liked and didn't like, The thing that really stands out is that pretty much all of the main characters are likeable, at least during some part of the movie. And honestly, I've never heard a theater laugh harder at the delivery. Ellen Page got some pretty "with-it" writers to pen her script, and she's rolling off jokes throughout the movie.
Which brings me to pretty much the only thing i didn't like about it, which is that she kiiind of tries hard. Right at the beginning she's aying stuff like "Silencio old man!" and that kind of stuff to the cocky pharmacist selling her her BC test, and you're like "that was cute but is the whole thing like this" and it kind of. fortunately she is funny a good 80% of the time and you will probably laugh.
Like honestly i liked the lead the least in the whole movie, and i liked the lead alot. so.
See it if:
you liked shit like the life aquatic, Junebug, Napoleon Dynamite (when it first came out, not after everyone doesnt shut up about everything in it) and little miss sunshine
Don't see it if:
you liked Van Hellsing come on man
Overall I am giving it an 8/10. it is for sure in my top ten
I kept hearing about Juno in my hip toronto free newspapers so i finally decided to see it with my hip toronto friend. and unless you only like explosion movies, i think it's hard to be disappointed.
The movie revolves around an accidental teen pregnancy between Juno and her best friend Paulie (played by Arrested Development's Micheal Cera). It doesn't really revolve around the stress of teen pregnancy so much as Juno's quick wit and carefree attitude. After deciding against an abortion , she decides to give the baby up for adoption to a pleasant looking couple played by Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman (also from AD).
There's not a whole lot i can say without spoiling the plot, or just not doing it justice.
As far as what i liked and didn't like, The thing that really stands out is that pretty much all of the main characters are likeable, at least during some part of the movie. And honestly, I've never heard a theater laugh harder at the delivery. Ellen Page got some pretty "with-it" writers to pen her script, and she's rolling off jokes throughout the movie.
Which brings me to pretty much the only thing i didn't like about it, which is that she kiiind of tries hard. Right at the beginning she's aying stuff like "Silencio old man!" and that kind of stuff to the cocky pharmacist selling her her BC test, and you're like "that was cute but is the whole thing like this" and it kind of. fortunately she is funny a good 80% of the time and you will probably laugh.
Like honestly i liked the lead the least in the whole movie, and i liked the lead alot. so.
See it if:
you liked shit like the life aquatic, Junebug, Napoleon Dynamite (when it first came out, not after everyone doesnt shut up about everything in it) and little miss sunshine
Don't see it if:
you liked Van Hellsing come on man
Overall I am giving it an 8/10. it is for sure in my top ten