Juno – Mother’s Day Edition!
This is an honest-to-blog movie review of the hit movie that celebrates mothers everywhere with such witticisms as, well, “honest-to-blog”…!! I don’t know if people really talk like that, but the characters in Juno sure do, and it’s ultra-charming.
Teenage pregnancy is the main topic here. No side quests or subplots. Just a teenager trying to figure out what to do with her baby. Abortion? Adoption? Motherhood? Surely she can’t rely on the teenage father, who is clearly just a kid.
Nervously—and looking very gangly in his bright yellow headband, gym shirt, and short-short jogging shorts—he says, “You’re pregnant? Just like our mothers and teachers?”
A heavy topic indeed. But it’s handled so lightly that mothers will be smiling all the way through to the finish line. A happy ending indeed, Momma!
For another family comedy, check out:
Bruce Almighty
A comedy with a sad, disturbing truth.
May 10, 2008 at 10:30 am
Juno is my fav film from 2007 - it is so great.
@Nick…Yeah, it’s a strangely upbeat film, even when it gets emotional. Thanks for commenting!
–Rey
May 12, 2008 at 4:56 am
I cannot wait to get it on DVD, I could watch it a thousand times. I have already seen it 6 times in theatres - twice before it was even released in the US.
May 13, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Ellen Page certainly has a promising career ahead of her. Even the other characters had their shining moments…like when the stepmother stood up for Juno against that snooty sonogram technician…love that part!