Smug teenager gets pregnant and lives happily ever after

Rating: 2/10 (10 July 2010)

When this film came out in the midst of Oscar-hype, for about 5 minutes I considered going to the cinema to watch it. However, I have plenty of experience of over-hyped movies being nearly unwatchable. Besides, something about the plot did not ring true and I am not that interested in teenage pregnancy anyway. Eventually, I saw a photo of the scriptwriter, Diablo Cody (never heard of a stupider fake name) wearing leopard print and looking smug and I knew this movie was going to be a turkey.
Fast-forward three years, and Juno was on TV. Guess what? I was right. Basically, I hated it because of all the things mentioned separately in other "hate" reviews and I am grateful to fellow reviewers who pointed out every single annoying aspect of this movie. To summarize them all: 1) Ellen Page is cute and – perhaps – a good actress but incredibly annoying, arrogant and smug; 2) almost every line she delivers rings false (scriptwriting lingo nobody could churn out at that speed); 3) her parents and friends are equally annoying; 4) the soundtrack is abominable. Even if Juno is supposed to like punk rock, our ears are abused by silly, kiddie rock songs, performed by a female singer I'd like to strangle 5) but most of all, if Juno is really that smart, how come she does not know anything about birth control?
What else? There is no controversy or debate about teenage pregnancy. The only two weak attempts to give a "controversial" context are: 1) a stupid-looking, pro-life supporter standing outside an abortion clinic mentioning that "Foetuses already have fingernails" and convincing Juno to change her mind. FYI: monkeys too, have fingernails. 2) a comment from a ultrasound lab technician, mentioning the fact that teenagers might not be good mothers. Juno step-mum (another arrogant piece of work) verbally assaults the technician declaring that teenagers are actually great mothers, or some similar crap.
Finally, if what we hear is actually "normal" teenage slang (as somebody mentioned) I am not surprised our society is going down the drain, so jaded and conceited these teenagers sound and so unable to control or give good advice their parents seem to be. Not the worst movie of all times, but certainly ranking high in that category.