
Best "little" movie of 2007

When I first saw the previews for Juno, I knew it would be an Oscar nominated film, and just a hint of Ellen Page's performance made me believe she would be up for best actress, maybe even win. Well 2 out of 3 ain't bad. She didn't win, but she should have. I had seen Ellen only as the third "Kitty Pride" or Shadowcat in X-Men The Last Stand ("I'm the juggernaut.. Bitch!"). Normally as a guy well past his teens (I literally have ties older than Ellen) I would probably have avoided a movie about a pregnant teen but there is something that draws you in, besides Ellen's own charm and wit, that "Indy" charm, a quirky looking dialogue driven effort by ex-stripper turned writer Diablo Cody. Besides a stellar performance from the Halifax-born Page (another reason to adore the little cutie) is the fantastic supporting cast, Michael Cera has a certain nerdy charm as Juno's boyfriend in his day-glow orange running pants and his penchant for inhaling orange tic-tacs like some stars pop Prozac. Juno, has the best parents in the world, Alison Janney and J.K. Simmons, who played J.Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man movies and "Garth Pancake" in The Coen Brother's "Ladykillers". The couple who wants to adopt Juno's little bundle of joy are Jason Bateman (Cera's co-star from Arrested Development) and Jennifer Garner (Daredevil) who gives the performance of her career in an understated but subtlely powerful turn as the mommy wannabe. Even though I had a feeling of dread all through the movie that once all the great one-liners were exhausted that it would morph into some angst-ridden, melodrama "afterschool special of the week" I was pleasantly surprised. After a near 180 degree turn, it delivered a satisfying ending that the best of Hollywood could match. I would highly recommend this movie and I am waiting by the mailbox for the DVD to arrive, but first I have to clear out all the orange tic-tacs that someone put in there.
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