good but overrated

Rating: 6/10 (7 March 2008)

Considering the reviews, the 8+ in IMDb ratings and the Oscar from the academy, I expected a lot of good from Juno. After seeing it, well it's not a bad movie but I've gone rather deceived about it.
The strongest point in this movie is how the story flies from clichés; a teenage girl's pregnancy is carried naturally by everybody, and with no drama at all. The script is nice and funny, but I would not say worthy of an Oscar.
The weakest point is how the story goes and ends. It is sweet, predictable, 100% "a la Hollywood". Absolutely politically correct. It could have derived in many interesting ways, but it did not. So it give us really very little surprise, controversy or anything that you could expect from an flick that we want to call as "interesting". Also a mention to the soundtrack; some people could think that it is "beautifully minimalistic", to me it is just a handful of poorly arranged Joan Baez-style songs made of four guitar chords. Actually, very poor stuff that adds little to the movie.
Of course that conservative audiences, secondary school students (who liked American Pie and so), young mothers and people-who-lived-a-similar-experience-or-know-someone-who-did, will mostly love this movie. But sure these points of view will not be based on cinematographic arguments.
Anyway it's still entertaining, funny, and sweet. So it is not bad at all. But probably you won't find a reason for watching it again.
I give it a 6/10