Surprisingly good

Rating: 6/10 (22 February 2008)

Life isn't always perfect and this movie symbolizes this sentence very well.
Ellen Page plays Juno, a weird high school girl full of sarcasm who realizes she's pregnant one day. Her b/f is a complete tool and she's obviously not fit for motherhood so she enlists a married couple (Jennifer Garner not holding a gun, wtf?? lol) to raise the child once it is born.
I have friends who have been pregnant before and they say most of the pregnancy situations in the movie were as they should be such as the tri-mesters, the bodily functions and especially the raging hormones though at severe as in 40 Year Old Virgin. I liked the sarcastic nature of the movie and it depicts how not everything is perfect in life. I liked how near the end Vannessa's (Jennifer Garner)husband takes off and she appears to raise the child on her own. In a cheesy movie, he'd make a comeback saying something like he's sorry and we all live happily ever after, but in the real world that wouldn't happen, hence the ending we were left with.
The only negative I have are how she was very mobile when close to berth, I have friends who say there was no way she could have reached in the back of her minivan the way she did in real life. Other than that all is well. Its sort of a chick flick but if you're an aspiring parent and appreciative of sarcastic humor then this movie is for you. The only other negative is the soundtrack makes me want to vomit up my intestines, but other than that check it out
The highlight of the movie is when Jennifer Garner asks if Juno if her parents care where she is and she answers "I'm already pregnant so there's not much more shenanigans I can get into.
Not exactly a family comedy but good sarcastic humor and a great life lesson, its not perfect.
6 out of 10