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Movie Review: Juno

March 29, 2008 by Narayanan Aier

Yeah, I know it has been over three months since this movie released. But I just saw it three days ago. It is probably one of the more saner movies I have seen in the past few months.

Coming from a society where teen pregnancy is not that predominant but is probably on the rising side of the curve, this movie offers a fantastic parenting approach to this issue. That’s what I appreciated most in the movie. Parents didn’t freak out and force the kid to undergo an abortion. On the contrary, they supported her choice to have the baby adopted by a wealthy family. When I came out of the movie hall, one question kept coming back to me: “Will parents from India handle the situation in a similar way?” Probably not.

Ellen Page has played her character fantastically. Her portrayal of an “independent tomboy who is funny and intelligent but not cool to date with” was worth an Oscar. Too bad she didn’t get it though. It is very rare that I come out of a movie hall with emotions filling up my head. This movie did just that. If you still haven’t seen the movie then please do go and watch it. And if you have a teenage daughter or son, please drag them along with you.

If I had to rate this movie, I would give it 5 on 5. Will I watch it again? Yes! A big YES!

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Posted in Movies | Tagged Allen Page, India, indian society, Juno, teen pregnancy | 6 Comments

6 Responses to “Movie Review: Juno”

on March 30, 2008 at 8:53 am1 John W. Ratcliff

I kind of enjoyed this spoof of Juno done for a high school advanced English project.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7000623011961258497
on March 30, 2008 at 4:08 pm2 Puja Dutta

Wow..after dat review will surely watch da movie nw.. thnx 4 reviewing it!!!
on March 31, 2008 at 11:13 pm3 Narayanan Aier

Nice vid John. I’m guessing it was “directed and edited” by your daughter.
on April 25, 2008 at 3:29 pm4 vasuki

Simple story , presented in a beautiful way through the eyes of young girl. But still people most people prefer bollywoodly crap.
on April 30, 2008 at 12:22 am5 patrick

i assumed Juno was directed by the same guy that directed Knocked Up, because it’s about unexpected pregnancy and Michael Cera stars as Juno’s boyfriend (he was in Superbad, a close relative of Knocked Up).
on April 30, 2008 at 10:36 pm6 Narayanan Aier

Hey Patrick…Juno was directed by Jason Reitman while Knocked up was directed by Judd Apatow.