Top-Notch Comedy About High School Pregnancy

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 2011)

"Thank You For Smoking" director Jason Reitman's second feature-length motion picture comedy "Juno" is nothing short of excellent. This irreverent take on the travails that a high school junior, Juno (Ellen Page), must endure after she gets pregnant with her boyfriend when they experiment with sexual relations for the first time is memorable, witty, and filled with believable characters. Initially, Juno contemplates an abortion until one of her classmates points out that the little one inside her already has fingernails. Juno and her gal pal pick up a small newspaper and find a childless couple who are dying to adopt and Juno signs an agreement to hand over her baby after delivery. "Juno" was scenarist Diablo Cody's first script and the dialogue is incredibly funny and insightful.