Juno Review

Juno has been praised as one of the wittiest and funniest comedies of 2007, despite it being one of four comedies that tackled the subject of unwanted pregnancy in the same year. Okay so nothing’s going to justify the fact that I’m watching a movie with “chick flick” written all over it, but I simply had to find out why this is so much better than similar films right?

The film starts with a sort cartoon version of Juno (Ellen Page) walking down the street, drinking Sunny D to some truly horrific music. My main problem with this is the sheer length of this section, well that and the music which is now eating away at my brain and trying to destroy any sign of intelligence in the audience.

Now I’m going to stop going on about the music because if I ever even remember it again I may have to kill myself. Anyway after about 5 minutes of insipid music and credits we finally get some dialogue, basically Juno needs a pregnancy test, but she’s so violent towards the shop-keeper that I’m not surprised that he doesn’t smash her head in with the cash machine, and bearing in mind this is Juno’s first line I think I’ve established her as my least favourite character since Al Murray became the Landlord.

I really can’t blame Page for representing the character this way since the dialogue is in fact horrible, and I know I may be being a bit harsh here, but when a film gets more recognition than four others for doing absolutely NOTHING new; it’s my job to tear the shit out of it.

So yeah turns out Juno’s pregnant, and we’re all meant to feel sorry for this insipid moron? She’s not even dating the guy she slept with, so if you ask me it’s a lot more credible to your personality if you laugh at the girl, I did.

Having said that I laughed at the girl I feel that I must point out that the movie didn’t make me laugh, I’m just mean. I feel that I must also say that I didn’t laugh at any other point in this film, because every single joke featured in this film is entirely focused on the Myspace generation, and whilst belonging to that generation, I feel nothing for it. I’ve actually refused to buy a laptop based on the fact that it had a Myspace wallpaper pre-installed.

Okay so I’ve whined enough now to talk about Juno’s good points, which are in retrospect Ellen Page. Despite having been given an awful character Page kindly asserts herself as an excellent actress and brighted up my day, a little.

Other than Page Juno is essentially every bad romantic comedy ever to grace our screens, with the poop jokes taken out and the bad mannered, unintelligent Myspace age people shoved in. Oh and the music’s terrible.

3/10