
A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale ... (Full plot summary below)
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A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds. Will Juno's plan work, can she improvise, and what about Bleeker?
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| 7M PicturesKevin CarrThe fact that the film deals with teenage pregnancy - and doesn't preach at all - is a feat of filmmaking. |
| Heart 106.2Simon ThompsonThe big name cast - Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman - play second fiddle to Ellen Page and Michael Cera who have a great chemistry and steal the movie. Superb. |
| Atlantic City WeeklyLori HoffmanThe filmmaking team of Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody have taken the premise of a teen comedy and injected it with an anti-cliché serum. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealCody's writing is entrancing. Characters speak in a stylized, heightened reality reminiscent of Kevin Smith's mid-1990s stunners Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy. |
| MovieCrypt.comKevin A. Ranson... definitely one of the better films this year thanks to Page and Reitman, and it'll be hard to wait and see what this actress and this director pull out of their hats next. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeWhen I first saw Jason Reitman's Juno, I liked it a lot -- maybe four-stars worth of a lot. When I watched it a second time, I loved it -- five-stars worth. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansCody's writing recalls early Quentin Tarantino - dripping with pop-culture references, from Beverly Hills 90210 to Thundercats - but with a welcome sentimental streak. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellThe best thing about this movie is that for all its wiseacre badinage, it's utterly believable about the most basic of human situations. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)The movie itself doesn't claim to be anything other than what it is: a modest crowd-pleaser with a little bite. |
| eFilmCritic.comPeter SobczynskiIt not only more than lives up to all of the advanced hype, it is actually even better than the advanced word has been suggesting. |