Amid the hype it was just OK

Rating: 5/10 (21 April 2008)

I was less impressed with this film than the reviews and awards led me to believe. The film follows the seasonal transition of 16 year old Juno's pregnancy. Juno is a smug pseudo sophisticate teenager typical of suburban girls of a certain age who have discovered their sexuality and now consider themselves "worldly". My impression was that the parents were more together than the teen daughter (see line: "Do you think that this was Bleeker's idea?"). Although Juno was a nice "slice of life" film I didn't really see that it made a point. There was no moment of overcoming an obstacle other than the pregnancy itself  there was no "there" there.