Ok, so I finally got some time this weekend to check out Juno. In case you don’t know the plot, here’s the scoop. Neurotic girl gets pregnant with some geeky guy. Girl decides to keep the baby but put it up for adoption. Girl meets seemingly normal yet wacko couple. Story is found.
So, basically, as a guy I thought I might not really like this. But turns out I think it was pretty damn good. Sure, its about as far away from my reality as it can get (for now, I do have kids after all.. holy shit.. lets not think that) but it was REALLY entertaining.
I do wonder how much teenagers really talk like that or were they being over dramatic for the movie. The style of language (not foul) was just odd really. Maybe its a sign I’m really old.
Favorite character: toss up between Juno’s dad and crazy adoptive dad.
Least favorite character: the best friend… no value add to the movie
I’ll give this one a 4 of 5 monkeys rating.
Tags: 4 monkeys
June 6, 2008 at 4:08 am
Tell me this, did you think that Crazy Adoptive Dad (aka the funniest effing actor in the world) was really so delusional he was hitting on her? That is the one thing that hurt me inside.
My top 3 things about this movie:
1. Witty Dialogue.
2. Taking a scary huge thing like teenage pregnancy and just dealing with it.
3. Letting the emotions in when she had the baby.
We do a lot of spoilers here dont we.
June 6, 2008 at 4:23 pm
So, yeah, I think he was hitting on her. Despite the fact she was underage and pregnant, he was in a mid-life crisis so that apparently excuses all bad behavior.