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‘Juno’: It’s a must-rent!
Most parents don’t get baby sitters often enough.
Skyline, the schoolyard and ‘Spiderwick’ notwithstanding, we don’t go out to eat often enough, we don’t get together with friends often enough, and we definitely don’t go to movies often enough.
Some parents I know have never even been away from their children overnight, which I think is a darn shame. I mean, I love my kids to the core of my being, but a weekend away with Hubby is pure bliss.
We have to steal our ‘me-time’ moments when we can. That’s why I say: Thank God for DVDs!
We’ve rushed the kids to bed more Saturday nights than I can count, eager to make nachos, mix a cocktail and settle back with a good movie. Last Saturday night — with “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” tempting us from its little jewel box atop the TV — I turned to Hubby and asked if he was ready to put the kids to bed. He said, “It’s only 7:30!”
Maybe I get a little too eager for “date night” to begin.
Anywho, on with my mini review of ‘Juno,” the best movie I’ve seen in a while.
You’ve read the reviews: Wise-cracking pregnant teen makes hard choice. But, oh, ‘Juno’ is so much more than that. It’s the kind of movie that you’re sad to see end.
The talented cast — including Oakwood’s own Allison Janney — created quirky characters that really stick with you. Watching the dynamics between father and daughter, stepmom and stepdaughter, pregnant friend and nonpregnant friend, prospective adoptive parents, and the teenage lovers felt so real, it hardly seemed like they were acting.
Ellen Page simply charms the screen. The scenes have this duality thing going, portraying real-life scary issues with the floaty feeling of teenage surreality. Like “Napoleon Dynamite” with an edge.
And the choice that Juno made surprised even me, someone who prides herself in being able to unfold a movie’s plot before anyone else in the room.
‘Juno’ is sweet, witty and wry. Give it a try!
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By null
May 10, 2008 2:54 AM | Link to this
I still can’t figure out how a movie about a teenage pregnancy became the hit of the year. It’s beyond a mature theme, it’s a tragedy made funny for profit. I think it sends a horrible message and should be on the don’t watch list for every parent.By LucyB
May 10, 2008 2:44 AM | Link to this
I hear what you’re saying. The movie deals with a mature theme, and I definitely wouldn’t recommend it for children. Not all movies are made for them. The film deals with a messy life situation, but Juno doesn’t run from it. She does seek, and get, support from her family. It’s just not traditional support, because it’s not a traditional family. The scene where her stepmom snaps at the judgmental ultrasound tech is priceless!By null
May 8, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Juno may be a cute movie, haven’t seen it yet, so sorry if this is pre mature. However, girl pregnant, not married, in trouble, nudity, language, ect. I don’t really think that it is a movie that I will be watching or letting my kids watch. Also if my child was in that situation I hope that i have built up a good enough relationship with them that they would turn to me for help not run away. It also dosent shine the parents in a verry good light from what i have heard. Is it really smart to teach our own kids to look down upon us or should we be teaching them to respect parents and elders??????