Shallow pandering to the crowd

Rating: 1/10 (14 April 2008)

This movie pretty much just tries to go along with the "indie" look of teen films nowadays. It's almost like the John Hughes craze of the 80s, only John Hughes wised up to his cliché image and eventually made the Home Alone series.
It starts with the same crappy image as Napoleon Dynamite and other such popular movies that have no dimension to their characters. The credits look like something that came out of a high school student's notebook doodlings, just as in Napoleon Dynamite, a style that I find cheap and disposable. The music sucks, but audiences like it because it's "trendy." The music lacks any talent or creativity, as it's usually just a lone guitar with some guy singing in a high-pitched voice. Wow, you're a deep individual, because you can sing in a funny voice and strum three chords! And then there's the script. It sucks. Every single line out of Juno's mouth is overly rehearsed and is uttered solely for the sake of looking "cool." I say that because the lines usually don't make any sense, and certainly aren't funny or even entertaining. "He is the cheese to my macaroni." Oh wow, that's so hilarious! No wonder why you got an Oscar! The girl is a fan of 1970's rock (just like every other high school student in America), old horror movies (just like every other high school student in America), and makes a conscious effort to be witty with every comment she makes (just like every other high school student in America). Oh yeah, she's a unique free spirit, alright. A unique free spirit who conforms to everyone else in this subculture.
So if it's on TV, go ahead and watch it. But I certainly wouldn't pay half a penny for it.