Product Description
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The word "quirky" has become the quick and easy way to describe
films such as LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE and LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
that straddle the lines between indie and studio films and comedy
and drama. While JUNO fits into that same category, this
distinctive dramedy is in a class all it's own. Ellen Page
(X-MEN: THE LAST STAND) stars as Juno, a witty teenage girl whose
boredom doesn't lead her to the mall. Instead, she makes a
one-time trip into the arms of her best friend Paulie Bleeker
(Michael Cera). When Juno discovers that she's pregnant, she's
forced to grow up fast as she tries to find adoptive parents for
her quickly growing child. Director Jason Reitman Star Ellen
Page, Michael Cera, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, Rainn Wilson,
Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Olivia Thirlby Special Features:
Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital Surround - Spanish, French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Subtitles - English, Spanish -
Optional Additional Release Material: Alternate Scenes - Deleted
Scenes (11; w/ Optional Commentary) Audio Commentaries - Jason
Reitman Director; Diablo Cody - Screenwriter Behind the Scenes -
1. Screen Tests 2. "Honest to Blog! Creating JUNO" Featurettes -
1. Cast & Crew Jam 2. Way Beyond "Our" Maturity Level" 3. "Diablo
Cody is Totally Boss" 4. "Jason Reitman for Shizz" Outtakes - 1.
Gag Reel 2. Gag Takes.
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Somewhere between the sharp satire of Election and the rich
human comedy of You Can Count On Me lies Juno, a sardonic but
ultimately compassionate story of a pregnant teenage girl who
wants to give her baby up for adoption. Social misfit Juno (Ellen
Page, Hard Candy, X-Men: The Last Stand) protects herself with a
caustic wit, but when she gets pregnant by her friend Paulie
(Michael Cera, Superbad), Juno finds herself unwilling to
terminate the pregnancy. When she chooses a couple who place a
classified ad looking to adopt, Juno gets drawn further into
their lives than she anticipated. But Juno is much more than its
plot; the stylized dialogue (by screenwriter Diablo Cody) seems
forced at first, but soon creates a richly textured world,
greatly aided by superb performances by Page, Cera, Jennifer
Garner and Jason Bateman as the prospective parents, and J.K.
Simmons (Spider-Man) and Allison Janney as Juno's her and
stepmother. Director Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking) deftly
keeps the movie from slipping into easy, shallow sarcasm or
foundering in sentimentality. The result is smarter and funnier
than you might expect from the subject matter, and warmer and
more touching than you might expect from the cocky attitude.
Page's performance is deceptively simple; she never asks the
audience to love her, yet she effortlessly carries a movie in
which she's in almost every scene. That's star power. --Bret
Fetzer
Get to Know Juno's 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)
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