Great movie!

Rating: 10/10 (10 January 2008)

I thoroughly enjoyed this off-beat movie. I may, however, have had a somewhat unique experience. Somewhere in the middle of the showing we began to see the microphone in the top of the frame. It continued to happen off and on throughout the movie. We weren't sure at first if it was a part of the humor or not. We finally decided that the idiots at the theater had the framing all messed up, but some of the effects were quite hilarious! I intend to go back and see it again sans "special effects," though I may never be able to keep a giggle down during some serious scenes where I recall seeing the whole boom in the scene. Kind of ruins the suspension of disbelief thing. Juno has to be one of my all-time favorite characters. It would be fun to watch "Pretty in Pink" right after seeing this--how much has changed and how much has stayed the same in the intervening years? This movie had a lot of the feel of "Napoleon Dynamite." That is, the characters are quite real, not cheesy teen stereotypes. You know these kids and parents. Great, authentic, realistic film.