As I have had a bit more free time lately, I have been able to keep up with films more and so I have had a chance to hear more adverts and see what is out. The latest film that I heard a lot of hype over was the film Juno. I had heard of it and knew it had something to do with teenage pregnancy but I wasn't really aware of who was in it or the full idea of the plot. The film was one that I heard many saying they wanted to see or had been given a lot of recommendations. It was either Juno I was going to see or the Eva Longoria film 'Over Her Dead Body' but for some reason Juno swayed me more so off to the cinema I went, Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) is clearly the ...  Read the complete review

Every year, a film comes along which someone lazily proclaims to be "This year's [insert film of your choice here]" In 2008, it's the turn of Juno "this year's Little Miss Sunshine". What the lazy hacks mean is that Juno is a charming, low budget film that dares to be different. If it deserves a word all of its own, it's "realistic". It tells the tale of a sixteen year old who becomes pregnant and decides to give the baby away in a private adoption. In the wrong hands, it could have been hideous. Imagine if someone like Ron Howard had got their hands on it: it could have become a slushy, over-sentimentalised melodrama that ...  Read the complete review

(Also appears at www.shaunmunro.co.uk - thanks!) Director: Jason Reitman Cast: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Ellen Page, J.K. Simmons Release Date: December 5th, 2007 (US), February 8th, 2008 (UK) Certificate: PG13 (US), 12A (UK) Juno, helmed by Jason Reitman, director of the excellent Thank You for Smoking, dictates the emotional peaks and troughs of Juno (Ellen Page), a 16-year old girl who suddenly discovers that she is pregnant by her friend, Paulie Bleaker (Michael Cera). Think a slightly edgier version of Knocked Up, given the age of the pregnant person, and you're right on the money. The film assumes ...  Read the complete review

Juno is quite possibly the biggest hyped-up film since something like Titanic. I don't know about you, but I always am a bit disbelieving when it comes to films that become this big before release. I think I've seen the T4 Movie Special about twice and TMF's movie reviews are repeated about once an hour. It all makes for irritating viewing to be honest. So of course, I went to the cinema a little bit dubious, although still quite excited. I am sorry to say, I am going to have to agree with the critics when they say - it's excellent. I enjoyed it immensely. The synopsis is pretty straightforward - Juno is a 16 year old American girl who decides to sleep with ...  Read the complete review

Juno: This Film is about a 16 year old girl who gets pregnant but doesn't want to keep the baby because she wants to think about her future and finish what education she has left. She tries an abortion but cant got through with it so keeps the baby and thinks about Adoption. She looks through the local paper to find a perfect couple to adopt the baby. She goes to meet them and they are the perfect people to be parents of her child. So she keeps about her normal daily life going to school going home hanging out at her mates but she also visits the parents to be of the baby every once in a while she gets to know the father to be a bit and ...  Read the complete review