Juno

April 15, 2008

Juno

It has been more than a month since I saw Juno and the very fact that I am forced to review it so late (on account of my being indolent) only shows how good the movie is.

Juno is a high school sharp-tongued teen who discovers she is pregnant and unlike other teen pregnancies, she doesn’t want to abort it. With the help of her best friend, she narrows down on an affluent suburban couple who are ready to adopt her baby.

The script is the best part of the movie (alongside the casting which is top-notch) and Diablo Cody rightly won the Oscars for the Best Original Screenplay. Picture this:

Vanessa: Your parents are probably wondering where you are.
Juno: Nah… I mean, I’m already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into?

Vanessa : So… How are we going to do this?
Juno : What do you mean? Don’t I just have the thing? Squeeze it on out and hand it over?
Gerta : Mark and Vanessa are willing to negotiate an open adoption…
Mac : What do you mean?
Juno : Wait… No! I mean, can’t we just, like, kick this old school? Like, I have the baby, put it in a basket and send it your way, like, Moses and the reeds?

Ellen Page is terrific as the whip-smart teen and I am a bit surprised that Ellen Page didn’t win one for Best Actress.

All in all, I simply loved this movie and feel this is how good movies should be - relying on a commonplace theme but handling it exceedingly well.

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