One of the best teenager comedies...

Rating: 9/10 (19 January 2008)

Watching Juno is a treat - it is one of the few films that really does seem to get inside the teenager world - sure it is too smart sometimes, but in the main it really does hold true to its aim. It is one of a handful of films that made me actually remember what being a teenager was really like.
With a very solid cast and a sure hand upon the helm it never loses its way - and contains lots of small details that reward close viewing.
Above all, the script and Ellen Page's performance as the non-angst ridden, but cool and smart teenager that shines. For me the biggest surprise was Allison Janey and JK Simmons who are wonderful as the practical, boring, fierce, calm, and loving and utterly convincing step mom and father of Juno.
This is the kind of film that will be seen as a milestone; I guarantee that it will win awards not just for being funny and fresh and having heart, but for being an important film that moves the current youth films beyond Superbad...