I didn't like Juno

[Trekker4747]

Many raved about this movie, I find myself underwhelmed by it.

It's, I suppose, refreshing to have this kind of movie with a female central character but I didn't really like Juno. She was too... I dunno... "snarky."

Or something. (Though I love Ellen Page.)

I guess it was a cute enough movie and better than most out there, I just didn't dig the characters all that much.

But the movie is a big "meh" for me and I was also expecting the adoptive father to hop on Juno.

Feh.

B- on my wacky grading scale.

 

[Timby]

Oh, shit, I'm about to agree with Trekker.

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of the movie, either. It's fun, and it's well-paced and it's very well-made (Jason Reitman has a great career ahead of him), but all of Juno's dialogue feels like Diablo Cody (who went to my high school, oddly enough) expressing how snarky and witty she desperately wishes she had been back at that age.

"Homeskillet." Ugh.

 

[Brent]

Wasn't my favorite movie, I would actually give it a C

 

[Trekker4747]

Oh, shit, I'm about to agree with Trekker.

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of the movie, either. It's fun, and it's well-paced and it's very well-made (Jason Reitman has a great career ahead of him), but all of Juno's dialogue feels like Diablo Cody (who went to my high school, oddly enough) expressing how snarky and witty she desperately wishes she had been back at that age.

"Homeskillet." Ugh.

Yeah, pretty much. As I said, well made, better than most good pacing, I just didn't "feel" the Juno character, her dialogue was poorly written, though Ellen Page does a good job with it.

 

[gblews]

Many raved about this movie, I find myself underwhelmed by it.

I just recently saw it too and I thought it was a bit over hyped. However, there were some things, a few things I really liked. The movie went against many stereotypes common in these types of movies. The step mom wasn't a bitch and genuinely cared for Juno, the father wasn't a brooding drunk, unhappy with his lot in life and trying to run his daughter's life, nor did he go ballistic (as would be typical) after finding someone had "touched" his little girl.

Further, Juno decided to have the baby and give it away without guilt or remorse, the boyfriend and his family didn't overreact, and the oh so happy "looking" wealthy adoptive couple didn't have all the answers and weren't even happy.

I like when movies play with stereotypes so in that regard, Juno was pretty darn good.

 

[RoJoHen]

I will say that this film is a LOT better on the second viewing. I thought it was good the first time I saw it, but nothing special. After watching it a second time, it's now one of my favorite movies. It could just be that you're already used to the characters (yes, Juno's dialogue took me out of it a little bit the first time), so the whole thing is just a lot funnier.

 

[Trippy]

Many raved about this movie, I find myself underwhelmed by it.

I just recently saw it too and I thought it was a bit over hyped. However, there were some things, a few things I really liked. The movie went against many stereotypes common in these types of movies. The step mom wasn't a bitch and genuinely cared for Juno, the father wasn't a brooding drunk, unhappy with his lot in life and trying to run his daughter's life, nor did he go ballistic (as would be typical) after finding someone had "touched" his little girl.

Further, Juno decided to have the baby and give it away without guilt or remorse, the boyfriend and his family didn't overreact, and the oh so happy "looking" wealthy adoptive couple didn't have all the answers and weren't even happy.

I like when movies play with stereotypes so in that regard, Juno was pretty darn good.

Good review! It pretty well sums up why I liked it too...plus the weird vibe I got off Jason Bateman's character and Juno...they kinda seemed better suited to one another than her boyfriend and his wife

 

[RoJoHen]

^I think that was part of the point.

 

[mythme]

Although the actual movie itself was "meh", it was the dialogue that I actually liked. Maybe because I cater to a lot of girls her age at my job, I find myself exposed to that sort of speech all the time. When I saw Juno, it was the first movie I've seen in a long time where the teen dialogue felt real and natural.

 

[T'Baio]

The only part I really laughed at was when Juno said; "You don't try to be cool..."

"I try really hard, actually..."

Michael Cera's delivery there was a perfect, flawless, "Michael Cera" delivery.

 

[Candlelight]

Juno could get bored and shag me any day.

 

[Stone_Cold_Sisko]

I liked it. Made me laugh very much when I saw it in theaters. Thought it was funny and charming.

I do think though this is one of those movies where the hype is setting really high expectations that the movie doesn't reach. It's just not that sort of movie.

 

[bigdaddy]

I enjoy the movie fine, I enjoy the little snarky character that she is, I can relate to that.

However I don't get why there was so much hype, doesn't make any sense to me.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I think the dialogue got better after the first fifteen to twenty minutes (that, or I just got used to it), but I was grinding my teeth to get to that point.

 

[OmahaStar]

From my review on this ...

This came up in my Netflix queue yesterday and I watched it this morning. It was somewhat entertaining, but suffered from not being nearly as funny as it thinks it is. There are a few moments of laugh out loud comedic bits, with a ton of "meh, whatever" bits.

The basic gist is this ... A 16 year old girl has sex once, and gets pregnant. The guy who did the deed and she were both virgins, and there's this huge honking morality thing "If you have sex before marriage even once, you will get pregnant, or worse, dun dun duuuuuuun." He is completely standoffish, no idea how to handle himself or the situation, possibly because there was zero character development for him in the script.

She decides to have an abortion. At the clinic, she runs into a schoolmate who is the least effective protester ever, but somehow scares her into becoming obsessed with fingernails, so she decides to keep it, then give it up for adoption. She starts a search for potential adoptive parents, and within minutes of her beginning the search, she finds the perfect couple. Except, they're not. Perfect, that is. Or a couple. So she has the kid and hands him over and everyone lives "meh" ever after.

 

[Trekker4747]

"Everyone lives "meh" ever after."

Perfect summation.

And, I'm disturbed and angry that the only short-shorts and leg action we got in the movie was from.... Michael Cera.

Seriously, their costume man should've been shot for that. I never want to see his pasty scrawny legs again nor come that close to seeing his taint again.

 

[Nobody]

I got lucky and saw Juno before it got hyped to death. I walked in, no preconceptions, knowledge of the story, who was in it -- I hadn't even seen a trailer. I was just told, "it's pretty good, you'll like it." It was one of the most entertaining movie experiences I've had. I loved it, like has been said, the film was well made on the technical side and paced well. As for the dialogue, I'm a fan of off-kilter, snarky dialogue and the look of Juno was light-hearted enough I bought it. It also helped that the actor's were having fun with it, helping me ease into the wild dialogue and enjoy it.


-nobody

 

[Geck]

This is actually the only movie I've ever seen in theatres three times.

The first time was as a date movie, for which it was perfect. The dialogue took a bit to get used to for sure (Juno herself didn't annoy me, but I wanted to punch Rainn Wilson), but the rest of the movie was written so well and so real, and the actors were all so good that I was just left with those warm fuzzy feelings at the end. Held back tears a couple of times, but I cry at everything so that doesn't necessarily mean much.

Second time was to take another friend who hadn't seen it yet and she loved it equally as much. Third time was to take my mom because I just wanted to share the movie with everyone I could.