Juno (2007)

Directed by

Jason Reitman

Genre

drama film, comedy film, teen film, romance film, coming-of-age film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 7,680 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sharp and independent teenager faces an unplanned pregnancy. She decides to carry the baby to term and finds a couple to adopt the child. The story follows her awkward and funny journey into adult responsibilities.

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What happens

Juno is a 2007 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Elliot Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting her unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney and J. K. Simmons also star. Filming took place in 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It premiered on September 8 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation. Juno won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned three other nominations for Best Picture, Best Director for Reitman, and Best Actress for 20-year old Page (who was presenting as female at the time, and is the sixth-youngest nominee in the category). The film's soundtrack, featuring several songs performed by Kimya Dawson in various guises, was the first chart-topping soundtrack since 2006's Dreamgirls and Fox Searchlight's first number-one soundtrack. Juno earned back its initial budget of $6.5 million in twenty days, the first nineteen of which were when the film was in limited release. It went on to earn $232.3 million worldwide. Juno received acclaim from critics, many of whom placed the film on their top-ten lists for the year. It has received criticism and praise from members of both the anti-abortion and abortion rights communities regarding its treatment of abortion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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