Juno (Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

     20th Century Juno [Blu-ray] Explore the outrageous "Junoverse" of the year's most talked-about comedy with this 2-Disc Special Edition of Juno-bulging with awesome special features to deliver hours of laughs and tons of feel-good fun!Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) is a cool confident teenager who takes a nine-month detour into adulthood when she's faced with an unplanned pregnancy-and sets out to find the perfect parents for her baby. With the help of her charmingly unassuming boyfriend (Michael Cera) supportive dad (J.K Simmons) and no-nonsense stepmom (Allison Janney) Juno sets her sights on an affluent couple (Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman) longing to adopt their first child.      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 father 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.

Comment:
    There are many things I liked about this picture- The acting was first rate across the board. The cinematography was good, capturing the slight claustrophobic overtone of the town and social circles within which the characters moved. Especially good, remarkable really, was the imperfect nature of life and family. This is a movie that caught me off guard big time. This is a fascinating little tale about teen pregnancy. But then I love Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman. It was a little frustrating at times watching a potential love affair unfold between a teenage girl and a married man, but overall it was just a good movie according to this 40-something adult chick-flick watcher. Last year, I kept hearing about this movie but I had no idea what it was about. Maybe about Alaska? I don't know. But once I saw the trailer, I knew I had to see it. This movie did not disappoint. It was touching, funny, and had just a hint of romance. I laughed and I'll admit that I cried. Ellen Page and Michael Cera are a believable couple. Absolutely adorable and hilarious together. They're both brilliant actors and I can't wait to see more from the both of them.