Have you met Juno?

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2008)

Contrary to the Golden Globe selections, Juno is the best picture of the year. The film follows the unusual teen Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) as she deals with her unplanned pregnancy and all of the bumps she encounters along the way. Juno and best friend Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera) out of boredom decide to kill some time by fooling around which in turn leads to Juno's pregnancy. Still being in high school, Juno decides that she isn't fit to raise the child and makes the decision to give it away to wanting couple Vanessa (Jennifer Garner) and Mark Loring (Jason Batemen). The film does an outstanding job of following Juno along her path and the dynamic relationships she finds around her.
Ellen Page gives an extraordinary performance as Juno MacGuff. Every line she delivers has perfect timing and Page does a great job of becoming her character throughout the movie. Page has already won various awards for her performance and she will have another chance to get a major award when the Oscars come around in February.
Along with Ellen Page, writer Diablo Cody has won her fair share of awards. Cody brings a fresh presence to Hollywood with Juno, her first screenplay. Her humor, wit and dialog are unrivaled by anyone in Hollywood. From top to bottom Cody delivers a great screenplay for a great movie.
Sophomore director Jason Reitman (Thank You for Smoking) delivers an excellent movie with a great cast including Ellen Page (X-Men: The Last Stand), Michael Cera (Superbad), Jennifer Garner (Alias), Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), JK Simmons (Spider-man), and Allison Janney (Hairspray), with a hilarious cameo from Rainn Wilson (the Office).
Four stars, A+, 10-out-of-10, however it is said Juno is the best picture of the year.