I just don't understand why it's so popular. It's less than average at best...

Rating: 4/10 (21 July 2008)

What we're dealing with here is a film with no great humour in it that sends out the wrong message.
I don't understand why this film won an Oscar. I found the script to be unrealistic and not funny at all.
Ellen Page plays an unrealistic character - a girl who becomes pregnant, and upon finding out, nicks a van and transports half her living room set to the front door of the baby's father, just so she can hold a fake pipe up to her mouth and be clever. This kind of behaviour would never happen.
The parents' reaction to the news is surprisingly docile and muted, considering the scenario, and this is completely unrealistic.
The film constantly makes a mockery of the situation in a non-humorous way, and offers no advice, help, or even lessons, apart from the fact that you can have sex, and if you get pregnant (because STDs don't exist in this movie's world) you can just give your baby away, and go on with your life.
Basically, if you're considering watching this film, don't believe any of the hype. It's less than average comedy-wise, unrealistic and offers no real bite or genuine insight into the situation of teenage pregnancy. But Ellen Page is hip, and the music is hip, and the writer is hip, and some of the art work is hip. Balls! Hyped up to the nth degree, and nowhere near as good as most people say.