Drama is my favorite genre. This time, the talented young actress Ellen Page is not going to experiment with how to trap a pedophile and cut his balls like she did in “Hard Candy (2005)”. Instead, her character, a 16-year old Juno, has become pregnant and decided to find the perfect couple to adopt her baby. The winning formula of this critically acclaimed and box office success ($156 million gross from a $6.5 million film is pretty good) in my opinion is: a believable storyline, a lively script, great soundtrack of Indie music that goes so well with the movie’s theme, and the superb acting of Ellen Page. The script is so good that keep you smiling throughout the show. There are just way too many memorable scenes, from beginning to the very end. The storyline has enough opportunity for Ellen Page to shine. Amidst the rather unfortunate incident of teen pregnancy, the portrait of a Juno’s pro-life journey warms audience’s hearts. Juno is not the sweet young girl as you may imagine. She is more like a slightly grown up version of “Hard Candy” – sharp-tongued with attitude, without the balls cutting kind of angst – laterally – of course.
Voted by the critics as the top 10 film of the year 2007, “Juno” shouldn’t disappoint at all. It is worth checking out when you have time. Who knows? “Juno” could be the very first Blu-ray movie I own now that Blu-ray has won the format war.