Juno

Director: Jason Reitman
Year Released: December 2007
Media Type: Movie
Run Time : 1 hr. 31 min.
ISBN:9786311874387
Genre: Comedy, Drama and Teen
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance 13+)
Viewer's Annotation:
When a sixteen-year-old, Juno is faced with an unplanned pregnancy, she sets out to find adoptive parents for her baby.

Plot Summary:
Juno (Ellen Page) is a sixteen year old high school student faced with an unexpected pregnancy. The father is another teenager who she doesn't consider to be her boyfriend. She wants it to go away like a bad dream, but she realizes she needs to take control of the situation. She enlists the help of her best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby). Together she and Leah find an ad in the Penny Saver from Mark & Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner), who are desperate for a child.

After announcing to her parents that she has bad news, they decide to help her through the pregnancy. Her dad meets the Lorings' attorney to draw up a consent form. Although the Lorings are willing to have an open adoption, Juno prefers a closed adoption.

Through the pregnancy Juno starts to appreciate her imperfect family. On the other hand, the Lorings, who look perfect from the outside, have divisions within. Juno starts driving over to see Mark while Vanessa is at work, and as they share their interests in music and movie gore, he realizes he isn't ready for a child, and he confides in Juno that his relationship with Vanessa is strained, and he has things he still wants to do. Vanessa and Mark go through divorce proceedings and the chances for Juno's baby to be adopted appear bleak.

Juno comes to understand relationships and makes a decision to seek out the love of the boy who got her pregnant, because she actually cares for him and he probably cares a lot for her. They become very close and Juno finds she actually loves him. They become a couple, Juno delivers the baby, and Vanessa still makes the adoption, as a single parent. Juno and her boyfriend elect to not see the child, and to let matters take its course. In closing scenes, life has returned to normal to the both of them.


Awards Won:
• 80th Academy Awards
Best Original Screenplay - Diablo Cody

• BAFTAs[106]
Best Original Screenplay

• Critic's Choice Awards
Best Comedy

• Canadian Comedy Awards (2008)
Best Actress - Ellen Page
Best Director - Jason Reitman

• National Board of Review
Best Breakthrough Performance - Female (Ellen Page)
Best Original Screenplay (Diablo Cody)

• Satellite Awards
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy (Ellen Page)
Best Film - Musical or Comedy

• Rome Film Feast
Best Film

• Writers Guild of America Awards
Best Original Screenplay (Diablo Cody)

• Independent Spirit Awards 2007
Best Feature
Best Female Lead - Ellen Page
Best First Screenplay - Diablo Cody

• The National Movie Awards 2008
Best Comedy

Movie's Website: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/juno/