Sunday, January 20, 2008

Juno


Out of all the movies I have seen this year, Juno is hands down my favorite film out of all. I wish I had another two thumbs so I can give it four thumbs way up. This is a story about Juno MacGuff, a highschool student that was impregnated by her friends Paulie Bleeker. After for two months in labor, Juno finally finds out about it and decides to get an abortion. When she finally arrived at the abortion clinic she has learned that not only does the receptionist at the clinic have a boyfriend who’s "junk" smells like pie, but the baby inside of her also has nails. Due to this new information mostly from the latter, she decides not to go through with the abortion. When Juno tells her best friend Leah that she will not do the abortion, they decide to search the Penny Savers for adoptive parents who are looking for a new baby (who knew you could do that). After finding Mark and Vanessa Loring in the magazine, Juno and her father meet them for the first time in their house about an hour away from them. Near the end of the movie, Juno becomes very upset with Mark (spoiler) after visiting them one day by herself, later listens to a speech from her father about finding someone who will always love you unconditionally no matter what, realizes that her perfect someone was always Bleeker. Unlike everyone else in school, Bleeker always looked at her face and not her whale sized stomach and said that she loved her even though she did not want to date him. In the end, Juno has her baby and Vanessa decides to still keep it even though she will be by herself taking care of the baby. Juno laying in the hospital bed is soon accompanied by Bleeker who laid down by her side. Even though these young kids are put into an adult situation, the director was able to make this movie very funny by making it very comedic with many examples of child youth while at the same time, having all the characters learn life lessons throughout the movie

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