Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Juno by Brad Gan (Written by Diablo Cody, 2007)


Genre: Comedy

Honors: Oscar for Best Writing (and many more).

Review: Juno is a 16-year old junior in high school, who with her friend Bleeker, accidently gets pregnant.  Since the two are too young and immature to be parents they decide to end the pregnancy, but at the last minute Juno decides she will give up her baby for adoption.  Juno finds a seemingly happy couple to adopt the baby, and unexpectedly befriends the unusual couple and through this process learns more about herself and what she might want in life.  The characters are quirky and funny and viewers will enjoy the many perspectives and conflicts that can arise when dealing with complicated emotions.


Opinion: This is a fantastic and funny movie.  Young adults will love the raw honesty of Juno and the lovable quirkiness of Bleeker.


Ideas: This would be a good movie to include in a unit on teenage pregnancy in health education class.

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