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Summary: Quirky and Charming
Comment: I loved this movie about a sassy, sarky but good-hearted pregnant teen determined to do what's right
for her unborn baby. It was entertaining and zipped along at a fair pace as Juno's quirky, dry
humored narrative unfolded the story and the seasons of her pregnancy. The script was an absolute
delight, filled with biting wit and surprising dramatic insights.

Sometimes I did get
that little voice in my head that said "People don't talk like this!" (especially at the beginning
with the drugstore guy) but the sheer charm and charisma of the characters pretty much shut it up.

It's obvious Ellen Page really excels at playing world weary wise beyond their years
teenage girls. I remembered her doing a cracking one in 'Hard Candy' and she's on top form here. She
well deserved that Oscar nod.

A not so bitter, not so sweet but juuuust about right
feel good movie.

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Summary: Juno
Comment: I like this film. It makes me feel young again Lol I love the juno character , she is so cool. Im
defo going to buy this , i love it

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Summary: Quirky-by-numbers
Comment: As a previous reviewer said, this film tries too had to be different. It's as though the film makers
knew all the ingredients to make a kooky, weird independant film, but didn't know how to mix them
together.

I'm normally a fan of these types of films - Lost in Translation, The Life
Aquatic, and all that - but despite its obvious desire to be highly charming, Juno just feels
hollow. There's no emotional gravity, no real depth of character. You feel as though the target
audience is the same age or younger than the main actors, as though Juno were the movie equivalent
of those cheap plastic "my first kitchen" oven sets they sell in toy stores.

I use the
term 'actors' loosely. It doesn't help that Ellen Page isn't a very good actress. Annoyingly
sarcastic and smarter-than-thou throughout, she's instantly dislikable. Michael Cera is neither good
nor bad, just seems to float along on whatever script is handed to him (he was hilarious in
Superbad, but not so in this one).

It reminds me of an Apple commercial, particularly
the recent line of iPhone ads - all slick and fake cutesy charm, distilled and dumbed-down, created
for people who are more into style than substance, who want to be cool so much that they'll pay
anything you ask them to. A victim of the filthy practice of marketing executives packaging "being
different" and trying to sell it back to us.

Sorry, Juno, but I ain't buying.

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Summary: Annoying and generic.
Comment: The makers of Juno seem determined to make it quirky and different and have made the same rubbish as
numerous other so called independent movies. The music is a love it or hate it thing. I didn't
like it. The dialogue is terrible, no one talks like thatm well a few people but not all the time.
The onlt likeable character was the kid that fathered said sprog. he actually comes off as sweet
and likable.

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Summary: a good film about the dilemmas facing teenage mothers
Comment: The dialogue in Juno was a bit unbelievable at times with teenagers talking so learnedly and
confidently that it was hard to imagine they were teenagers finding their way in the world.Ellen
Page - who played Juno - put in a very engaging and cativating performance as a pregnant 16 year
old who wants to give her baby up for adoption.I didn't like the soundtrack to the film - the songs
were either by simon and garfunkel or were a poor attempt to imitate them.But overall I would
recommend this film to you if you want to see something
humorous and sensible with good family
values in it and a strong sense of morality, as well as having a nice little love story thrown in.

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