Higly recommended. I simbly looooved this movie. Define 'cool kid'; and I would say Juno. Ellen Page is her pretty cute self. The movie is about this 16 year old who is sexually active and has sex with her geek friend. She gets pregnant and decides to drop the idea of an abortion.
As one might think, this is not one of those serious movies with a social angle on the stigma attached of raising a child out of wedlock. Infact it is a simple, cool movie...very beautifully handled.
The few dialogues that come to mind :
The few dialogues that come to mind :
- When Juno tells folks she is pregnant with Paul B's baby, the father tells the mother" I want to strangle that boy" to which Juno's step mom says "You know that was not his idea".....
- "Dad can't two people be in love and live together forever"....to which the Dad replies"Junebug love the person who loves you for who you are......it is all about loving someone when (s)he is angry, irritated, happy, sad, joyous, fun, beautiful, ugly, young, old....and yes it is definitely possible for two people to love and live together but it does require a whole lot of effort from both sides"
- "My dad read up a lot on the Greeks and so decided to name me Juno - apparently the beautiful but mean wife of Zeus"
- This one is between Juno and the couple she identifies as the ideal, loving couple to whom she would like to give away her kid for adoption. In her second trimester - when the adopted parents ask her "how sure are you that you want to give away this baby - 80%, 90%???". Juno retorts "104%!!! infact if I could give you this baby right now I would...just that it would look like a sea monkey"..... :)
It very well deserved the 4 stars!
