Juno (Single-Disc Edition)

"I'm just gonna go ahead and nip this thing in the bud. Cuz you know, they say pregnancy often leads to, you know... an infant" - Juno Diablo Cody writes an incredibly balanced script with an intellect and sharp wit for all of the wonderful characters involved in "Juno" (and No, not named after Juneau, Alaska!) Good friends Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera) and his sixteen-year-old 'friend' Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) decide while up in his bedroom chilling out to horror movies that it might be a fun idea to make out a little, then, oops, they went way overboard. Now Juno faces pregnancy in her junior year of high school. Having a friend in Leah (Olivia Thirlby) who sticks with her from her hamburger phone call placed to the helpline and going to a place where Juno quickly exits and decides to go full term and adopt out 'the' baby to a 'deserving' couple. The two girls find the Lorings in the PennySaver free newspaper personal ads and strike gold while sitting in a park one day. "Oh, wicked pic in the PennySaver, by the way. Super classy - not like those people with the fake woods in the background. Honestly who do they think they're fooling"? - Juno Vanessa Loring (Jennifer Garner) was born to be a mother and is uptight over Juno's care and that of the baby while her husband, Mark (Jason Bateman), is way too laid back and goes on and on over his old rock and roll band days, horror movies and trying to relate to a much too young Juno. Her father Mac MacGuff and second wife Bren support her decision with their equal senses of amazing humor and helpful cynicism - I wonder where Juno gets it from? - at every turn balanced with their obvious love of their daughter. Overall, this movie is crammed with a sarcastic rapport, and words you may think are very quick to catch. Mainly Juno's one-liners and quips are now classic for movie quoting that I hear everywhere and all of the time; from "pork swords" to "the stink eye" to "her house smells like soup", and the many other catch phrases which are also crammed into this super smart script... Bravo to a new type of full season come around in a circle - starting with Juno finding out her "eggo is preggo" in Autumn and going into all the other three. This is an informative and hilarious script that shows that the young people have brains and their vulnerabilities show at the same time. A film well worth your time for its obvious humor that runs over but also its underlying poignancy. There are some real heartfelt moments. I recommend this for the great dialog in the entire brilliant cast and for a fun watch.

I'm not really surprised that this film was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. I'm more surprised by the films it was matched up against in that catagory (look up John Stewart's comments about this from when he hosted the Oscars in 2008 as I cannot do them justice.) Ellen Page, at the time a fresh face in my book, played a teenaged girl who could never be fit into any molds or stereotypes or anything else of the like. While Juno's friend Leah, played by Olivia Thirlby, had some actions and dialog that felt contrived, Ms. Page's Juno was witty and alive to the point where you have to wonder if there even was ever a script or if this young woman is just amazing at improvising and reacting perfectly to everything going on around her. Having Allison Janney and J. K. Simmons as the lead's parents was a stroke of pure genius as I am a huge fan of both of these talented individuals, though I wish Mr. Simmons let his character out of his shell a bit more like he did in the Spider-Man movies. As for Michael Cera, he played the lovable awkward kid that you just can't help but root for and played him well. Come on, Paulie! Get your girl! I don't know if this was intentional, given that I've now watched this movie through to the end and am writing this review about it, but there was definetly an awkwardness between Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman right from the beginning...and not in a good way. Also, Mr. Bateman wasn't funny. I cannot recall him being at all funny in this rather light-hearted film. Jennifer Garner was just awkward, period...and again, not in a good way. But now that I'm done nit-picking, I'll say that this is a great film that takes a different look at a plot seen so often before. You just can't help but enjoy the witty charm and down-to-Earth characters at any time. I'd definetely reccomend it as, again, my negative comments are really just nit-picking. This film earned the five stars I give it. Enjoy.

Juno è uno dei miei film preferiti, sicuramente questa è una recensione di parte. Però sfido chiunque a trovare una trama così drammatica narrata in modo così leggero e godibile. Ellen Page è spettacolare nei panni della diciassettenne Juno, che rimane incinta per sbaglio e decide di dare il figlio in adozione a una coppia agiata apparentemente perfetta. Il film fa ridere, tanto. E in alcuni momenti fa anche commuovere, come è giusto che sia, per gli argomenti trattati. E' un film per tutti, anche gli uomini lo gradiscono, probabilmente perché tutti amano una ragazza insolente e sfacciata come Juno :) A livello tecnico il bluray merita, ha anche un sacco di contenuti speciali. Quindi direi tutto perfetto!

As I have said in the title of my review, I thought this was a great film, well acted - especially by Ellen Page who played Juno, and also her boyfriend played by Michael Cera who I found pretty adorable. Think the issue of teen pregnancy was tackled really well and it worked, and although it was about teen pregnancy (and also partly about a couple who have been longing to have a baby - well the mother anyway), I didn't find this film depressing really, except that I thought there were a few "nearly dodgy" moments when I felt a little uncomfortable when Juno was spending time with the husband of the adopting couple which in a way nearly changed the whole ethos of the film for me, but thankfully it didn't go where I thought it might be going - what a relief!). But for the most part, it was still fun and upbeat. Defintely would recommend this.

super il fonctionne très bien et livré le jour prévu

Steelbook de Juno. Un steelbook muy trabajado y bonito tanto por fuera como por dentro. Aunque en la contraportada ponga que solo incluye inglés, incluye castellano entre otros idiomas. De hecho, el Blu-Ray te lo detecta y te lo predetermina como idioma principal. Una compra de 10.

one of the best movies I've ever seen, the writing is incredible as is the cast. This is a once in lifetime kind of movie that many will attempt to repeat but it won't be done with the same amount of care and intelligence.