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Juno [Blu-ray] [2007]
from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, J.K. Simmons, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman
directed by Jason Reitman

Features:

• PAL

Editorial Review:

Somewhere between the sharp satire of Election and the rich human comedy of You Can Count On Me lies Juno, a sardonic but ultimately compassionate story of a pregnant teenage girl who wants to give her baby up for adoption. Social misfit Juno (Ellen Page, Hard Candy, X-Men: The Last Stand) protects herself with a caustic wit, but when she gets pregnant by her friend Paulie (Michael Cera, Superbad), Juno finds herself unwilling to terminate the pregnancy. When she chooses a couple who place a classified ad looking to adopt, Juno gets drawn further into their lives than she anticipated.

But Juno is much more than its plot; the stylised dialogue (by screenwriter Diablo Cody) seems forced at first, but soon creates a richly textured world, greatly aided by superb performances by Page, Cera, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman as the prospective parents, and J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man) and Allison Janney as Juno's father and stepmother. Director Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking) deftly keeps the movie from slipping into easy, shallow sarcasm or foundering in sentimentality. The result is smarter and funnier than you might expect from the subject matter, and warmer and more touching than you might expect from the cocky attitude. Page's performance is deceptively simple; she never asks the audience to love her, yet she effortlessly carries a movie in which she's in almost every scene. That's star power. -- Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Over-rated
  A young high school girl gets pregnant,and decides to have her baby,whom she gives up to adopting parents.Her courage is to be admired and applauded.But the acting in the film is not that good,and the dialogue stilted and forced.The actors portraying her parents are very good in minor roles,especially the stepmother.And the future adoptive father is great,as he slowly realises he does not want to be a father,and backs out of his marriage entirely.

• Something new
  Fantastic movie. Something fresh and unusual. Really worth seeing. Funny and meaning at the same time.
  The blu-ray is not bad. Picture quality could be better but it is decent. The special content is interesting and quite rich, although it is mostly standard definition.
  I don't know why Amazon is so inaccurate describing the features of the blu ray and DVD discs. They have international audience, so it would be nice to see the full list of available languages and subititles. This disc, for... more info

• Wonderful!
  Thinking about it, I'm not quite sure why I like `Juno'. Nothing really happens, the story is pretty much non-existent and there are no real standout moments, but yet it is still one of the most heart-warming and enjoyable films I've seen for ages.
  It's all about a teenage girl named Juno MacGuff who falls pregnant after a night with her friend Paulie Bleeker. Not wanting to keep the baby herself as she feels she is too young, she looks into putting up for adoption with a young and rich couple named... more info

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