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Juno [DVD] [2007]
enlarge	Director: Jason Reitman Actors: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney, Jennifer Garner Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £2.20 as of 22/11/2009 20:43 GMT details You Save: £17.79 (89%) New (30) Used (30) from £1.33 Seller: enigmadirect Rating: 75 reviews Sales Rank: 544 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 92 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5039036037990 ASIN: B0015VI334 Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Release Date: June 9, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Somewhere between the sharp satire of iElection/i and the rich human comedy of iYou Can Count On Me/i lies iJuno/i, 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, iHard Candy/i, iX-Men: The Last Stand/i) protects herself with a caustic wit, but when she gets pregnant by her friend Paulie (Michael Cera, iSuperbad/i), 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.p/p But iJuno/i 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 (iSpider-Man/i) and Allison Janney as Juno's father and stepmother. Director Jason Reitman (iThank You For Smoking/i) 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. i-- Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com/i

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 75 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...15 Next » A Bit Like Marmite... June 12, 2008 Just Joe (Isle of Man) 39 out of 45 found this review helpful I s'pose you either love it, or you don't - a bit like Marmite. I am a lover of both Marmite and "Juno". br /It's true - its a feel-good, teen-flick with happy music and a simple yet touching story line. But whats wrong with that? Why do all films need to be serious, violent or action-packed? That was one of the major criticisms that this film suffered from in the reviews after it first came out, but lets be honest - sometimes its nice to just watch a film that makes you feel happy, and reinforces the fact that that the world isn't all death and destruction. br / br /This is one of those films, and I love it, and highly recommend it to anyone who wants their faith restored in humanity, or just a good reason to sit down with a big cup of coffee or a tub of ice cream for a couple of hours and watch a great movie. Sweet sour comedy August 6, 2008 A. I. Mackenzie (Glasgow, Scotland.) 6 out of 8 found this review helpful This is a beautifully acted small scale story, without a Hollywood style ending. The film is all character and no action and not a vast amount happens, and it's definitely not a gross out comedy in the style of Knocked Up [2007, so if you're looking for that you're in the wrong place. br / br /I loved it, the leads were perfect, the teenage sub culture (and talk) rang true. It almost reminded me of French films such as the The Hairdresser's Husband [1991 which is really one of my all time favourites. br / br /Highly recommended! Juno April 29, 2008 C. MacLellan (Glasgow, Scotland) 5 out of 7 found this review helpful When she's bored one day, 16 year old Juno McGuff (Ellen Page) decides its time to experiment with sex, and enlists the help of her not-quite-boyfriend Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). But shockingly (!) Juno end up pregnant. After a trip to an abortion clinic leaves her cold, she decides to have the child. But what to do with it once it's born? Her best friend Leah (Olivia Thirby) suggests looking in the Penny Saver in the `Desperately Seeking Spawn' adverts (right next to the pet adverts). It's here that they find wealthy, suburban couple Mark and Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), who agree to adopt Juno's unborn child. br / br /The debut film from stripper-cum-blogger-cum-screenwriter Diablo Cody is one of the most real and down to earth films that Hollywood has produced in years. She has tackled an issue which most wouldn't go near with a barge pole - abortion and teenage pregnancy - as it would be dealt with in the real world. Too often in these films, in trying to put across a `message', they make the characters seem one dimensional, with one reaction given, one decision taken and one emotion portrayed. What Juno does is deal with exactly the same issue, but as normal people would - we take the decision and we deal with that decision, without the universe imploding. There are no massive twists and turns in the film. Instead, the drama follows the emotional high and lows of a sixteen year old dealing with pregnancy and childbirth, and the step into adulthood which this brings with it. Cody has also avoided going for the Hollywood ending; instead allowing the film to come the natural conclusion which the previous 80 minutes had been building up to. br / br /The cast of this film don't put a step wrong. Nineteen year old actress Ellen Page is the smart, quick witted Juno. In the initial stages of the film, the too-cool-to-be-real mother-to-be can come across as slightly annoying, seeming to have an answer for everything. But in the scene when she comes out to her parents about the pregnancy, we see that she uses humour to hide her insecurities. Ellen Page was deserved of her Oscar nomination in this role. Michael Cera, as Juno kinda-not-boyfrield Paulie, gives an understated performance, telling things as they are, rather than overcomplicating them with masses of in your face emotion and morality lessons. It's also Paulie who manages to bring down Juno's defences, to let us see the girl within. JK Simmons and Allison Janney, as Juno's father and step-mother, continue this trend, giving real life reactions to this real life issue, rather than breaking with character just `give the message' of the film. Also, the bond which the pregnancy creates between step-daughter and step-mother is quite touching. br / br /Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman play The Lorings. They live in the house built by various home interior magazines and dress in a casual, but that glass will need a coaster under it way. When Juno first meets the couple, she finds in Mark a kindred spirit. All that she finds in Vanessa is an up-tight, hopeful mother to be. But as the film progresses, and Juno finds herself "dealing with things way beyond my maturity level", the perception of the couple switches, and Garner's performance shines. br / br /A person's music choice is one of the most individual parts of their personality, and the soundtrack of Juno only helps to add another dimension to her personality. It's a mixture of folkly songs, indie tunes and re-worked rock classics which cement Juno's identity as a free spirit. From artists you do know - Belle and Sebastian and The Kinks- to artists you won't - Barry Louis Polisar and The Melody Peaches - the music also gives the film a warm and laid back feeling. br / br /Sharp, emotional and - sorry to say it again - REAL, Juno is one of the most perfect 90 minutes of cinema you will see, anchored by a shining performance from rising star Ellen Page. give me an I give me a N give me a D give me an I give me an E November 21, 2008 Colin J. Herd (Edinburgh) 5 out of 7 found this review helpful If someone recommends a film I generally go and see it, or buy it on dvd. But if loads of people tell me about a film before i've been to see it or bought it I often don't bother. So that explains why I have only just got around to watching this. My mum leant it me (thanks, mum). br / br /It is fun, sassy, and the characters are complex. It resists simplistic moral judgements. The acting is great, if you like quirkyness better than realism. In the same vein as other indie-mega-hits like miranda july's 'me and you and everyone we know' but i think less cloyingly and studiedly cuckoo than that movie. br / br /Really enjoyable. Borrow it off your mum. ThunderCats are go!* June 11, 2008 B. Adams (Oxford United Kingdom) 6 out of 9 found this review helpful This film deals with sensitive subject matter (teen pregnancy, abortion, adoption), and deals with them in a way that is highly humours but never doing any of them a discredit. br /The script is fantastic, but Ellen Page really makes the role her own, and is a joy to watch because of her dry outlook at life, and the situation she finds herself in. There was not one person in the film that I didn't enjoy watching, and the newborn baby was so realistic that it had to have been a genuine birth filmed! br / br /I implore you to ignore any negative comments about this film, and see it for yourself. br / br / br /* why `ThunderCats are go!' buy/rent this film and find out ;o) Showing reviews 1-5 of 75 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...15 Next »

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