A star is born

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2008)

One of the most original movies that I have watched that comes to mind,Juno is truly spectacular and truly original.Ellen Page stars as the title character and outlandish character Juno MacGuff who is a 16 year old high school girl who decides to have a baby with her friend,Paulie Bleeker(Superbad's Michael Cera),she realises that she is not ready.She considers all options but decides that letting a couple adopting the baby is the best choice for Juno.Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman play Vanessa Loring and Mark Loring respectively who are the couple Juno is looking for.Allison Janney and J.K Simmons play Juno's parents.Great ensemble cast to one of the best films of the year.This film is good because it doesn't just look at pregnancy but life in general for a 16 year old.Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Actress-Ellen Page,Best Picture,Best Director-Jason Reitman in only his second directing feature(after Thank You for Smoking) and Best Original Screenplay-Diablo Cody who proves that her screenplay is one of the best since Charlie Kaufman first put pen to paper.Juno is also Diablo Cody's writing debut.The good thing about this movie is that is similar in contrasts to movies such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Little Miss Sunshine in terms of mixing some comedy with some drama.Bravo!