Juno 09/02/2010

My first film of the project and the first film on my shelf is the orange and white striped, secretly main steam, but openly indie film that is Juno!

Juno is mainly a tender, teenage love story that hides itself well in an unusual category that is "lifestyle films".

What I mean by a lifestyle film, is that you watch it and you want to be like these people; you want to live in their surroundings, dress in their clothes and have Diablo Cody feed you witty remarks and “wizard” catch phrases as you go about your daily doings.

In a nutshell this film is about a quirky, bright eyed “individual” called Juno who falls pregger’s after a fun night in an arm chair. She wants to have the baby and give it up for adoption to a lovely, rich couple who live in a different world to her own working class background. But this isn’t a film about class, or struggle to be accepted in the world as a pregnant teen minority. Dangerous enough as it is to make a film showing an easy situation for a 16 year old girl up the duff, the point of this film is something much more tender and cool than what you would expect.

But with Ellen Page’s heartbreakingly tender performance (not to mention the want-to-be-like-her-so-freaking-badly “cool as hell” character), a cast that fit together better than a snappy jigsaw puzzle and a really genius twist that creeps up on you, this film is just cracking!

Mood-o-meter:

Best time for this film is when you’re feeling kind of quirky and in need of some “being weird” time. Like I said this is a lifestyle film where you just want to copy everything they do (apart from the preggers thing) but because their whole thing is being individual you feel you have to find your own cool quirky things to do, but they aren’t quite as cool as them so you have to find your own…oh, you know what I mean.

This film is probably best watched either early afternoon or stupid o’clock in the morning at a sleepover.

Tunes:

The soundtrack to this film is amazing! I really recommend this is bought and listened to or if all else false just buy the Mouldy Peaches. They’re so great for a good old crazy mood.

Refreshments:

To fit with the theme of the film, I recommend orange Tic Tacs, Sunny D and maybe some other American snacks like Oreo’s, donuts, hamburgers and fries…in any order that takes your fancy. If you actually are pregnant then maybe you might want it all in one?

Dad’s verdict:

My old man gives this film an 8/10 and says that the film wouldn’t have survived without the impressive characters and language. He thought the music was spot on and most important of all; it kept him interested.

Kudos to Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman!