amusing and meaningful

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2008)

Juno MacGuff is a precocious teenage girl faced with the difficult task of having to grow up at the tender age of sixteen when her first sexual encounter with the boy of her dreams leads to an unplanned pregnancy. With the support of her parents and closest girlfriend, Juno finds a suitable couple to serve as adoptive parents, but still struggles to maintain a "normal" life when the burden of pregnancy turns out to be much more difficult than she originally anticipated. Sweet, quirky, consistently funny film takes a familiar setup and makes the most of it with believable scenarios, well-drawn characters, perfect casting, and some of the snappiest, most colorfully amusing vernacular in quite some time. Page is marvelous in the lead, and lots of chuckles flow throughout this warm, engaging tale of youth and adolescence. ***