Highly praised and best avoided

Rating: 5/10 (15 June 2008)

This is one of those comedies that will make the viewer check the IMDb or the label of the rental DVD again, asking: "this is a comedy?".
While it is clear the film is trying to be funny, through constructed teen dialogues with intended "cleverness" and cheap sarcasm, it never really raises a good laugh. Definitely not the actors fault, it was just lacking a sincerely funny script.
If you really want to watch a valuable and funny film featuring a sarcastic teenage girl, watch Ghost World.
There is very little conflict and tempo in this film. It's entire plot line: "OMG I'm pregnant, what now?" Personally I have a policy that if a film still bores me after half an hour, i stop viewing it. I did in this case and was glad to read that it would have been a waste of time sitting it through because nothing would have happened in it anyway.
Still a 5 out of 10 because it partially seems a matter of taste and I suspect some (I guess girls) will like the film. The only reason it got an Oscar was that it had an only slightly fresh style in the first 5 minutes with some animations which hardly defined the movie. I would not be surprised if Oscar committee members never watch more than the first 5 minutes. It would explain most of the Oscar handouts a lot better than detailed analyses of why Oscar winning movies suck so much for watchers who actually sit them through.
We'll probably see more of Ellen Page but this was hardly a challenging film for her to do, you're better off watching Hard Candy.