Unrealistic

Rating: 2/10 (21 December 2009)

I cannot take this movie seriously. Aside from the pathetic attempt at acting and the completely hackneyed, pitiful dialog, the movie did not portray any realistic message. Let's go over the scenario: Your 16 year old daughter gets pregnant while hanging out with one of the neighborhood kids whom you have trusted since he was little. What is the parents' response? "Wow, he's the father?! Didn't know the kid had it in him!" Really? What caring parent would react like that? Let's also take into consideration their response when Juno says "I'm pregnant." "You're pregnant? Well, gee I was hoping you had gotten expelled or you were involved in drugs or something...but pregnant? Never saw it coming." The movie was by all means so unbelievably stupid it's not even amusing. Let's look at the other facets of the film that made it almost impossible to believe. I'm guessing that we're supposed to believe that a 16 year old girl would be willing to put up her baby for adoption, fall in love with the adoption father, fall out of love with him, and hand over the baby to his wife as if nothing happened. Not to mention that she's 16 years old and she drives a car all over the place. Overall, this movie was nauseating. It was not remotely funny, the "original" music was obscenely irritating, and Cody's attempts at witty dialog was pathetic. For anyone who likes the cheesy, phony sentimentality of Hollywood endings, you'll like this movie. For anyone who actually appreciates a realistic film, spare yourself the desire to commit homicide and don't see this movie.