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When a teenage girl is faced with an unexpected pregnancy, she enlists the aid of her best friend in finding the unborn child a suitable home in this coming-of-age comedy drama from Thank You for Smoking director Jason Reitman. Juno (Ellen Page) may seem wise beyond her years, but after sleeping with classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera), the pregnant teen quickly realizes how little she really knows about life. Thankfully, Juno has been blessed with parents (J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney) who trust their daughter’s judgment, and a best friend named Leah (Olivia Thirlby), who’s always willing to help out in a pinch. With a little help from Leah, Juno soon comes into contact with Mark (Jason Bateman) and Vanessa (Jennifer Garner) — an affluent suburban couple who have been unable to conceive a child of their own. Mark and Vanessa seem like they would make great parents, and are eager to adopt Juno’s unborn child. Now, as adolescent Juno is faced with a series of very adult decisions, she will draw on the support of her family and friends in order to discover who she truly is, and discover that one bad choice can have a lifetime of consequences. ―MTV.com

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Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman (born October 19, 1977) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian-born/American-based film director, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking (2006), Juno (2007), and Up in the Air (2009).

Reitman was born in Montreal, Quebec, the first of three children of comedy director Ivan Reitman and actress Geneviève Robert, sometimes billed as Geneviève Deloir. He has two younger sisters, Catherine and Caroline. His father, Ivan, directed the successful films Ghostbusters, Stripes, and Kindergarten Cop. Jason described his childhood self as “a loser… a movie geek… [and] shy.” In the late 1980s, Reitman began appearing in small acting parts and serving as a production assistant on his father’s films. He spent time in the editing rooms of his father’s movies, learning the process. Throughout his 20s, instead of accepting offers to make commercial feature films, Reitman began… read more

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Stephen Prokow

15May12

Being about teenage pregnancy, I was surprised this was a romantic drama. Teenage pregnancy is such a humorous subject and it was just wasted here with a non puberty in Jesse Eisenberg and some white Precious from the Saphire novels.

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    Tommy

    15May12

    Hahaha. I must say I'm constantly looking forward to your comments.

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    Stephen Prokow

    15May12

    Thank you Tommy. Although I am being outrageously serious, I'm glad you enjoy them. I saw the typo though, so if you read it in the proper way the typo disappears...its an interesting concept.

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    Tommy

    15May12

    I get it. I mostly agree with most of your posts. That's why I find them hilarious.

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meancreek

15Apr12

I enjoyed this much more than I expected. Hilarious at times, powerful at others. I love the music/film chats with Jason Bateman and the limited screen-time with Michael Cera.

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Rock and Bull

19Mar12

I love my life, I like everyone I meet, and am pretty much always in a good mood. But this film made me want to stick a gun in my mouth and end it all. What an awful film.

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film_lies101

12Mar12

Overly quirky to the point of annoyance. The only honest moment is when Jason Bateman character decides to leave the Jennifer Garner character (Holy Shit was that lady insufferable). The soundtrack is fucking TERRIBLE, seriously one of the worst I've ever heard.

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Deliberately indie and cute, an average movie still

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