Comments on: Juno the Junebug

By: g

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:55:15 +0000

pip – you hit the nail on the head… 16 yr olds dont talk the way the characters in this movie talked… though i thought the bleeker character was phenominally written and more atune to a real high schooler. i did thoroughly enjoy it but the dialogue was hard to get past. juno was just a bit too witty, too sharp, too clever all the time for my liking. and i thought the smoking pipe was over the top… i would have replaced that with a ring pop or something to that affect…. it lacked some of the realness of its frequent comparison, Little Miss Sunshine.

By: mjrc

mjrc — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:52:53 +0000

i just got back from seeing this, and i totally agree with your review. especially the part about the witty dialogue and how it’s kind of unbelievable at first how she–or all of the kids–can toss it off so easily. but then it morphs and grows on you and you can believe the characters. really a great little film.

oh, i cry at movies, too, and ALWAYS when a baby is born. i think even my husband was crying then.

i know everyone is lauding juno’s performance, but bleeker (who will always be george michael to me) was just as good. all the performances were wonderful.

By: Pip

Pip — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:37:45 +0000

As in a movie in theaters? Probably this one! On Netflix… well jesus, that’s going to open up a can of worms! I’d need to know what you’ve seen and spout off a list of essential viewings and make you watch the most important.

By: Celera

Celera — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:42:54 +0000

Now, see, I almost never cry in movies. I actually almost never cry at all. Which isn’t necessarily a good thing. Until the last year or so — some combination of menopause and increased vodka intake and I’m busting out in tears all the time. It feels better than I expected. So, cry away, that’s my advice.

I couldn’t cry in Braveheart, though, because I had my eyes closed like half the time. Too much blood and sweat and awfulness.

This movie does look cute but I probably won’t see it until it’s out on Netflix. We hardly go out to movies at all lately. So tell me, if we were going to just get to one, before the weekend is over, what do you suggest?

By: tara

tara — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:16:08 +0000

love this review.
i cant WAIT to see this.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:51:29 +0000

Awww I find it endearing that you cry at movies, I cry at movies all the time and I have to say I laughed and cried while watching this gem indeed. Highly recommended.

Well done on the review old Pip! ;-)