I'm Too Old To Enjoy This

Rating: 3/10 (18 April 2008)

I normally am not very fond of "teen" movies. Why should I be? I am long past that age and most teen films feature snotty kids. There are exceptions: I loved "Napoleon Dynamite," and I liked a coming-of-age movie called "Spin." Nonetheless, with rave reviews coming from just about everywhere I decided to give this a shot.
Mistake.
"Juno MacGuff" (Ellen Page) was exactly what I was afraid of seeing: a smart-ass kind of character with a real "attitude." She, and her peers so turned me off with similar attitudes that I didn't last long with this DVD. I should have known since neighborhood bimbos and rental store kid employees all liked it, as did that wacko national film critic Robert Ebert.
If you are over 30, can speak two consecutive sentences without using the word "like," have long since dealt with acne and can ignore all the "best picture of the year" hype, then skip this. Hey, as I said up top, I like "quirky" characters and fun dialog but the dialog is just annoying. Call me whatever, but I just couldn't relate to Juno and her jerky friends. "Quirky" can be good, but it wasn't here.
Having said all of the above, however, this isn't a bad movie for young girls and Juno does some good things after a bad start, and kudos to her for that. For her improving morals as the story went along, I give it an extra couple of stars.