Juno (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.0/10   

Director:

Jason Reitman

Guionista (WGA):

Diablo Cody (written by)

Release Date:

25 diciembre 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Frase comercial:

A comedy about growing up... and the bumps along the way.

Plot:

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Dark Comedy | Divorce | Stepmother Stepdaughter Relationship | Pipe

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 42 wins & 32 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Juno is not worth seeing - mind the praise

Cast

Ellen Page	...	Juno MacGuff
Michael Cera	...	Paulie Bleeker
Jennifer Garner	...	Vanessa Loring
Jason Bateman	...	Mark Loring
Allison Janney	...	Bren MacGuff
J.K. Simmons	...	Mac MacGuff
Olivia Thirlby	...	Leah
Eileen Pedde	...	Gerta Rauss
Rainn Wilson	...	Rollo
Daniel Clark	...	Steve Rendazo
Darla Vandenbossche	...	Bleeker's Mom
Aman Johal	...	Vijay
Valerie Tian	...	Su-Chin
Emily Perkins	...	Punk Receptionist
Kaaren de Zilva	...	Ultrasound Technician

También conocida como:

Juno (Canada: French title)
Joven vida de Juno, La (Argentina) [es]
Juno - Crecer, correr y tropezar (Mexico) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content and language.

Duración:

96 min

País:

USA | Canada

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Clasificación:

Finland:K-11 | UK:12A | Ireland:15A | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Sweden:7 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Australia:M | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43795) | Germany:6 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:10 | South Korea:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:NC-16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:AL | UK:15 (video rating) | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Greece:K | Taiwan:PG-12 | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Trivialidades:

The song that Mark and Juno play and sing together is "Doll Parts" by Hole. The song that Bleeker and Juno play together at the end of the film is "Anyone Else But You" by The Moldy Peaches.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Juno tells Bleeker she is pregnant, a strap on the chair she is sitting on is crooked to start, but is straightened as the scene progresses.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Juno MacGuff: It started with a chair.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-06-25)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Besame Mucho

Juno is not worth seeing - mind the praise

Juno represents the mechanism of Hollywood and its ability to promote a film into popularity that is just a touch above average, with flaws and problems enough to have relegated it to obscurity in any other case.

To start: None of the dialog is believable. This should immediately rub people the wrong way, but it hasn't, which is all the more worrisome. These characters need heart and need to speak from it, but don't have it and weren't granted it by the writer.

As a result, the actors try to compensate for it all over the place. Sometimes this unintentionally works, most of the time, its like watching a brilliant train wreck: unintended and horrible yet fascinating for the things that weren't intended rather than the things that were. If these were the grounds on which Juno received praise, this would be acceptable. But they aren't. People are praising the things that crash and burn immediately.

If there is a "tension" in the performances of Ellen Page and the supporting characters, it is created not intentionally by the writing or direction, but unintentionally, by their natural inclination as actors and people to infuse these cold prose with some kind of life.

Rhythmic prosaic dialog should never be used again unless at a musical concert, free-form poetry convention or on a Broadway stage.

Because everyone speaks in the same "smart" way, its clear that all the characters are written by exactly the same person. Cody never empathizes with anyone, let alone demonstrates an understanding of a single human.

If you're wondering what happened to "feel-good" comedy, the label of which has become more of a curse than a description, Juno is it. This is the new "feel-good," which was always a qualifier that just meant, "feel good" about this, even if there's nothing here to feel good about. With every over-extended sentence and quirky, poppy jab, the "feel-good" chips stack, until reaching tower of babel-like proportions. Hopefully, with a nudge from a smarter public, they'll topple eventually.

Snappy comments and overripe dialog don't necessarily make the film witty. If anything, I would argue they create the inverse effect - measured by the degree to which they over- extend their wit, wear out their welcome and become totems of a writer who repeats sub- textually in every line, "look at me," without saying much else.