Hit – Starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney
High school junior Juno (Page), finds herself surprisingly pregnant. She decides to give the baby up for adoption but finds challenges in giving her child to the right people.
This movie was perfectly timed with the announcement of Jamie Lynn Spear’s pregnancy that it is uncanny. I found this movie to have a lot of charm for such a small film. Being a big fan of director Jason Reitman and the entire Reitman family has caused me to look forward to their upcoming projects.
The characters in this film are loveable (even the small cameo played by Rainn Wilson) and empathetic. I found the movie could have gone in various directions with having her parents being non-accepting of their daughters fate, but I am glad the story decided to stick with them being accepting of their daughter and her unborn child.
Although Juno makes a good decision to give up the baby to a loving home, I find that it was implied that she didn’t learn her lesson about being sexually active (“what does that mean?”- she asks). Therefore, I was slightly disappointed in the implications that she is going to continue with her promiscuous ways.
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Dramedy
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content and language.
Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes
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