Twaddle

Rating: 5/10 (3 August 2011)

It's quirky and offbeat yes, but whimsical and closer to fantasy than fact. A light-hearted and fluffy view of what ought to be a serious and essentially life-changing situation, this film lacks morality.
We live in an enlightened world and part of that enlightenment is we know the consequences of teenage sex and unwanted babies. The consequences are numerous but ultimately what we know is that it leads to a degradation of society and erosion of personal responsibility.
Romanticising teen love and trivialising unmarried teen parenting may be a suitable subject for comedy, but this ain't a comedy. Or if it is, then it failed miserably because I found nothing funny in it.
Page looks every one of her 20 years plus some, and totally fails to convince as a 16 year old. Juno's simplistic, acerbic and naive attitude serves only to add to the general distaste I felt for this movie.
Anybody thinking this is somehow worthy, needs to get a grip on reality, and get out more.