Well it is Christmas time and what better time to go see a movie. You should go and see Juno. Everybody else is going.

Have you seen High Fidelity, Garden State, and Little Miss Sunshine? Juno is a combination of these, right down to the indy infested soundtrack. Remember when your friends saw Garden State and then couldn’t stop talking about The Shins? Same thing will happen with this flick as the soundtrack features some pretty catchy tunes from Belle and Sebastian, The Moldy Peaches, Velvet Underground, Antsy Pants and Cat Power.

The only problem that I had with this movie was with the main character, Juno. As a character, she was pretty unbelievable. It wasn’t the acting, it was the script. Juno is supposed to be this cool, hip, plaid wearing, 16 year old, authority hating, dorky chick who is in a band. However, her dialogue and smart sarcasm is way over the top and in your face. For a 16 year old girl from a small town, she knew way too much about the 70’s punk movement and the history of slasher films. The way that her knowledge about these subjects was presented was really forced with in-depth and obscure references hitting you over the head almost every time she opened her mouth.

There is a lot of hype around Ellen Page, who plays the Juno character because she is Canadian and doing pretty well for herself. She was in X-Men 3 as Kitty Pride and more recently The Tracey Fragments. Most importantly some of you may remember a young Ellen Page as Trina Lahey in the Trailer Park Boys (2002)

The second half of the movie is much more enjoyable as the focus shifts to relationships and a resolution to the problem at hand. I really enjoyed the ending and the supporting cast that helps you get there. I liked it.

4/5