I have just seen the movie Juno, and I am quite surprised that the film was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Juno is not that kind of epic or grand. Juno is just a simple movie and short with a running time of less than two hours. It’s kinda fresh, intelligent comedy with an outstanding performance by its lead character Ellen Page (Who I heard was nominated for Best Actress)
Juno is a Mid-Western, who decides one day, out of boredom and curiosity, to have sex with her friend Paulie Bleeker ( Michael Cera of the movie Superbad ), a member of her school’s track team.
This one time encounter results in Juno’s pregnancy. She decided that instead of aborting the baby, with the help of her best friend Leah, looks for adaptive parents. Juno settles on seemingly the perfect, affluent couple Mark ( Jason Bateman) and Vanessa Loring ( Jennifer Garner) who is desperate to have a child.
Juno’s sensitive father ( J.K. Simmons who I didn’t recognized at first, but after awhile I remember that he Jamison Jonah of the Spiderman movies, he has no hair in this film) and stepmother are very supportive of her ad help Juno with her decision to give up the baby for adoption. Juno and her father check out Mark and Vanessa if they are the right couple. As time moves closer to having the baby, Juno grows more into a woman, yet she is still a stranger with all the same problems and few more.
As I am writing this, the Academy Award is on going. But this is my bet for Best Picture and Ellen Page for her acting which seems natural every time she appears on screen. The movie tackles current and social issues with teen pregnancy. Oh and one thing more, the acoustic songs being played in the film are worth hearing and being played over and over your CD or MP3 player, Go check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.
Juno is a Mid-Western, who decides one day, out of boredom and curiosity, to have sex with her friend Paulie Bleeker ( Michael Cera of the movie Superbad ), a member of her school’s track team.
This one time encounter results in Juno’s pregnancy. She decided that instead of aborting the baby, with the help of her best friend Leah, looks for adaptive parents. Juno settles on seemingly the perfect, affluent couple Mark ( Jason Bateman) and Vanessa Loring ( Jennifer Garner) who is desperate to have a child.
Juno’s sensitive father ( J.K. Simmons who I didn’t recognized at first, but after awhile I remember that he Jamison Jonah of the Spiderman movies, he has no hair in this film) and stepmother are very supportive of her ad help Juno with her decision to give up the baby for adoption. Juno and her father check out Mark and Vanessa if they are the right couple. As time moves closer to having the baby, Juno grows more into a woman, yet she is still a stranger with all the same problems and few more.
As I am writing this, the Academy Award is on going. But this is my bet for Best Picture and Ellen Page for her acting which seems natural every time she appears on screen. The movie tackles current and social issues with teen pregnancy. Oh and one thing more, the acoustic songs being played in the film are worth hearing and being played over and over your CD or MP3 player, Go check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.
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