When I went into Juno, I had moderate expectations, figuring I would probably like it, but not love it. Well, I’d say that Juno is better than that. It’s almost borderline great, in a small movie kind of way. The gist is that 16-year-old Juno gets knocked up, doesn’t want the kid, and will give it up for adoption when it’s born.
The secondary characters are all good, and Ellen Paige, as Juno, really gives a terrific performance, carrying the whole movie. My only gripe is that, despite a reWhen I went into Juno, I had moderate expectations, figuring I would probably like it, but not love it. Well, I’d say that Juno is better than that. It’s almost borderline great, in a small movie kind of way. The gist is that 16-year-old Juno gets knocked up, doesn’t want the kid, and will give it up for adoption when it’s born.
The secondary characters are all good, and Ellen Paige, as Juno, really gives a terrific performance, carrying the whole movie. My only gripe is that, despite a really interesting script with dialogue that feels real, rather than movie dialogue, the character of Juno just doesn’t act and talk like a 16-year-old. She’s too worldly and wise for her age. I struggled at times believing that she was actually 16. Had this movie been exactly the same, except that the character of Juno was 21 and not 16–in college and not high school–I think the tone would have been spot on.
Still, it’s a movie definitely worth seeing, and will likely hold up quite well on subsequent viewings.
Post edited by: rcolchamiro, at: 2008/01/07 12:59
