Somewhat cute, but nauseatingly unrealistic.

Rating: 5/10 (21 January 2011)

What I had a problem with: *The made up slang was grating at times.
*The awkward scene where her mother squawked at the ultrasound assistant. The dialogue was forced.
*We are supposed to believe that smart Juno had planned unprotected sex. Essentially the first time she has sex she gets pregnant.
*We are supposed to believe that smart Juno decides willy nilly that she's going to have an abortion without much thought and that she willy nilly decided NOT to have one because she found out at some point early on fetuses have fingernails. A little funny, though, it potentially gives a false impression of how the majority of women that go through this make their decision.
*There is only one innocent protester that speaks English as a second language protesting outside of an abortion clinic. Really? There are a lot of protesters that protest this and they aren't all so innocent. At this point of the movie I began to wonder if this movie was on the edge of a severely unrealistic bias based on a fantasy world.
*She finds an adoptive couple IMMEDIATELY through some ads and they are "perfect" for the baby. At least, one of them is. There is no realism in showing a luck scenario.
*People "stare at her at school" at the absolute worst and "talk behind her back". We don't see this. We don't see struggle.
*She even has an easy birth. At most there's an argument between her and the father and the "issue" is focused on the awkward adoptive father scenario.
Both sides of a scenario would be preferable instead of some obvious "see, it's not that hard to have a baby" propaganda. It would have been amazing to see both sides...the ridicule girls get when they choose to be pregnant as well as the ridicule they face if they choose to have an abortion. Alas, it is difficult to make light of this topic. Unfortunately, by making light of a scenario like this it gives an unrealistic example on pregnancy, especially "teen" pregnancy, where childbirth and child-birthing choices are much more difficult.
What I liked: The ending. That was absolutely cute. I also loved that the woman who received her baby was truly the one who deserved it. I love how strong she was. That definitely warmed me up inside. The ending was heartwarming. We saw SOME semblance hardship in her (Juno) giving up the baby, she cried and felt a little bad. However, again, some struggle would be nice. She recovered a bit too quickly.