Ellen Page the Aristocrat

Rating: 7/10 (21 November 2009)

On the whole, I enjoyed this movie. What distracted and annoyed me throughout was the clenched-teeth nasal aristocratic east-coast accent and attitude that Juno (and/or Ellen Page has - I can't tell which). Is she Jewish elite? This doesn't really go well with the middle-class angst-ridden teen that she is suppose to portray in the film. I get that she is much smarter and wiser than her years (really the whole schtick of the movie). But it is a bit hard to buy.
And what's with the "geeky is cool" boyfriend? Are we supposed to accept that he would wear velcro headbands and short shorts (ala 1970) in 2007? This is contrived stupidity - not hip.
I did enjoy the performances of Jason Bateman as the adoptee father and J.K. Simmons as Jumo's father.
Nice blip of a movie to forget later.