Disappointing, Reviews/Rating Misleading

Rating: 3/10 (19 January 2008)

Juno. A movie portrayed in the previews as being about a girl going through the decisions and difficulties of becoming pregnant is exactly what it was. I went and saw it because of the fantastic reviews it had received but wow they were a little misleading.
The actors and especially Ellen Page did a fantastic job with their characters, however, the parents although lovable at times were completely unrealistic about the whole issue. Not even a tear drop or a little yell which one would expect from the parents if they found out their child had become pregnant at the age of 16.
Overall the film, I thought, was funny and at times worth the price of admission, but to think the rating was a 9 and potentially up there with No Country for Old Men was completely misleading. It had humor at times and some touching scenes but was not some kind of remarkable masterpiece as people had portrayed it to be. One of my friends commented before seeing the movie, based on the previews, as being about, "Some girl who gets pregnant and has to deal with the issues of it, doesn't seem interesting to me." Unfortunately, he couldn't have summed it up any better. I gave it a 3 just to bring the 9 star rating down realistically I would give it a 6 or 7 just because the acting was there. The plot turned me away.