Funny, sweet, touching......excellent movie.

Rating: 9/10 (12 January 2008)

Last year's "Knocked Up" was thought of by many as a hilarious look at the unintentionally pregnant woman. Juno beats that movie in every way. It's funnier, it's sweeter and has more emotion. Obviously these two weren't meant to be compared, but it deserves a small comparison, in which Juno wins hands down.
Juno (Ellen Page) finds out she's pregnant, and knows right away she wants to give the baby to a nice home. She finds seemingly perfect couple Mark (Jason Bateman) and Vanessa (Jennifer Garner) to give the child to. Juno also has trouble with her baby's father, and her father and step-mother. The way this movie is done is very unique. The humor comes from the witty choice of words, and not so much from the jokes themselves. The drama, like the humor, is somewhat subtle at times, but it's obviously there, and is one aspect that made this a great movie. The switches from comedy to drama were smooth. The plot was good, as were the characters. Many of the characters had similar ways of speaking making it sound like they were the same character, but it really wasn't bothersome at all.
I highly recommend you check this one out. There's not much to dislike about it, but there is quite a lot to love.
My rating: *** 1/2 out of ****. 90 mins. PG-13 for sexual humor and language.