What can I say about the movie "Juno"? Well, I would begin with the fact that I fell in love with Ellen Page after I saw her in "X-Men: The Last Stand". There was just something about this little Canadian actress that spoke to me in an interesting way. Probably it was because of her natural beauty, and another part is how good of an actress she really is. When I say that, I would recommend many people to see the movie "Hard Candy." In that film she plays a 16 year old who is stalked by a pedophile. The end result has Page's character torturing the pedophile in such a way that it's gruesome to look at. However, when I became captivated by her performance, I became crazy about her.

This young woman is very intelligent, and very passionate about her views. Whether it be about feminism, or takes children using the Internet, Ellen handles it with a very profound sense of professionalism. The same goes true with this movie.

After accidentally getting pregnant by her boy friend (played with wonderful intent by Michael Cera), Page's character Juno decides that rather than having an abortion, she will give the child up for adoption. With the help of her ever loving parents (played very nicely by J.K. Simmons and Allison Janey), Juno comes across a couple (Jennifer Gardner & Jason Bateman) looking to adopt. The real issue with this is as we get further into Bateman's character that he is not really ready to become father just as Juno is coming close to giving birth.

The movie speaks well for its universal themes of pregnancy, and taking responsibility for your own actions. Page is very believable as a girl who must face the perks of growing up. The scene that affects me the most is when she's crying over the problem's she has caused with carelessness in this matter. But it makes her stronger in the end to carry it out. A prime example of this is the scene in the beginning where Juno has announced that she is pregnant to her parents. It is a good & funny scene at the same time because you think it will be bad moment, but it turns out to be the almost exact opposite. Her father wonders if she would have had more common sense not do this sort of thing to begin with.

"I don't really know what kind of girl I am," Juno replies. In a way, the movie does send the wrong message to young girls about pregnancies, but then it makes up for it by showing the consequences along the way. For many pregnancy can be a very beautiful thing, but the reality is when you have to pay the price that you discover you were not ready to make this decision to begin with. Especially if your 16 years old.

I would give this movie a three and a half star rating, but considering all the yuppie teen humor which is all over the place with the films plot, my rating would go down. Probably because its not my generation type of slang, or more so because it just annoys me to listen to all of it. So on a scale of 3 and a half stars, I give the film 2 and a half.

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