Juno
Juno delivers a train-wreck of awkward moments one after another, which ends up making the film both uncomfortable and ultimately unenjoyable.
The way the characters speak, the ridiculous lingo they use, the sequence of events, the plot as a whole, the stupid feminist undertones, the failed attempts at witty comedy, everything about it is irritating.
Michael Cera portrays the same socially detached high schooler that he has in other movies, exactly the same way as before.
The soundtrack to this film sounds like it was recorded in someone’s basement, and only further helps to annihilate what little emotion and drama existed.
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… now for Magic’s Technical Bit:
Director
Jason Reitman
Writer
Diablo Cody
Release Date
8 February 2008 (UK)
Genre:
Comedy / Drama
Tagline:
A comedy about growing up… and the bumps along the way.
Plot Outline:
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
While JUNO fits into that same category, this distinctive dramedy is in a class all its own. Instead, she makes a one-time trip into the arms of her best friend Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). When Juno discovers that she’s pregnant, she’s forced to grow up fast as she tries to find adoptive parents for her quickly growing child.
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 19 wins & 13 nominations
Goofs:
- Errors made by characters (deliberate errors by the studio): Juno tells Mark that she was named after the wife of Zeus. She should have said she was named after the wife of Jupiter. Zeus’s wife was Hera; the Roman counterparts to Zeus and Hera are Jupiter and Juno.
- Errors in geography: The movie is set in Minnesota, but all the ads in the shopper have a 310 area code, which covers suburban Los Angeles.
- Revealing mistakes: After Juno runs crying out of the Lorings’, she gets into her car and starts it without ever inserting a key.
- Errors made by characters (deliberate errors by the studio): When Juno is talking to Leah on the phone, she says, “It’s Morgan Freeman. I was wondering if you had any bones that need collecting.” Morgan Freeman wasn’t in The Bone Collector (1999).
- Continuity: As Juno and Leah sit in the trophy case talking, the amount of food on Juno’s shirt changes.
- Continuity: When Bleeker is talking to Juno in the hallway at school while holding a box of donut holes, the box changes positions in his hands every time the angle changes.
- Errors in geography: When Juno and Leah are at the mall, a Rogers Communications kiosk can be clearly seen in the background. The film takes place in Minnesota; Rogers Communications is a Canadian cable company, with no locations in the United States.
- Errors in geography: When Juno and Leah are walking through the mall you can clearly see a Garage Clothing sign, which is a Canadian based clothing store with only 5 locations in the US, none of which are located in Minnesota