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Juno (Single-Disc Edition) by Jason Reitman
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Allison Janney, Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Michael Cera Director: Jason Reitman Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT Producer: Brad Van Arragon Producer: Daniel Dubiecki Producer: Jim Miller Producer: John Malkovich Producer: Joseph Drake Producer: Kelli Konop Writer: Diablo Cody DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed) Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.77:1 Running Time: 96 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-04-15 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Juno (Single-Disc Edition)Movie Review: I love, love, love this movie. Summary: 5 StarsI love Juno for reasons not only great in number, but reasons that are hard to express.
Firstly, Ellen Page is a likable teen girl who just happens to be pregnant. I can't imagine anyone other than Ellen playing Juno. Juno is a sarcastic, at times dead pan, normal girl who have her freaky quirks. Her sarcasm only hides the depth of emotion that she has, and Juno rarely lets anyone in her inner sanctum. She knows love, pain, both emotionally and physically, has high hopes for her baby, which is why she gives the baby up, and shows the true maturity it takes to raise a child. She knows that there are better things for her baby that she can't give and that there are things she wants for herself that would not be possible if she had a child. She is a child herself, just with a hardened, skewed vision of life.
Secondly, Bleeker is a cute and has an innocence to him that you don't always see in teens in movies. He loves Juno and wants to be there for her but it unsure of how to be and just does what he can to get by in the film but that generally means not sticking up for himself.
Next, I like that the movie looks differently at teen pregnancy. I am not saying that being a pregnant is easy, should be glorified or is a wonderful thing, but it is still a pregnancy, which is considered a blessing and a beautiful thing. Juno shows that it isn't just a have an abortion or "screw up" your life type of situation. People can find blessed miracles in garbage dumps of situations.
I recommend this movie for EVERYONE.
Summary of Juno (Single-Disc Edition)Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) is a cool, confident teenager who takes a nine-month detour into adulthood when she's faced with an unplanned pregnancy-and sets out to find the perfect parents for her baby. With the help of her charmingly unassuming boyfriend (Michael Cera), supportive dad (J.K Simmons) and no-nonsense stepmom (Allison Janney), Juno sets her sights on an affluent couple (Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman) longing to adopt their first child. 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 |  More from Fox |
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