(:)(:)(:)(:) for Juno the sleeper comedy in movie theaters now. I’m a sucker for sweet little films. This movie proves that there are plenty of stories yet to be told and that they are worth telling. It’s fresh, it’s unpredictable, it’s witty and fast-paced. It’s funny, it’s even sort of romantic without being anything you traditionally associate with a romantic comedy.
Actress Ellen Page is a screen gem: cute, ironic and watchable–impossible, however, for me to separate her from the character she played Juno MacGuff. Note: if you’re an over-aged adolescent male like the character played so ably in this film by Jason Bateman, be aware that there are no Juno MacGuff’s out there.
Juno is like Rory Gilmore on crack. In the real world of 2008, there are no 16 year old girls that are drop dead gorgeous, brilliant, wise-cracking with cultural references exclusively from the late 70’s (15 years before they were born). This does not exist, we only wish it would.
We also wish director Jason Reitman (Thank you for Smoking) and his ilk would get more sweet smart little films like this made.