Juno Movie

Juno is a 2007 independent dramatic comedy film directed by Jason Reitman, written by Diablo Cody, and starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, and Olivia Thirlby. Made on a budget of $7.5 million, the movie went on to gross over $143 million as of June 2008.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406

The film was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Actress; Diablo Cody received the Oscar for her screenplay.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/awards Juno also received Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/awards The Juno Soundtrack won the Grammy for Best Soundtrack.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/awards

Author, activist, and former President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Gloria Feldt, has argued that the film carries an anti-choice message through its negative depiction of abortion clinics.http://womensissues.about.com/od/teenpregnancy/a/JunoAntiChoice.htm

When Juno MacGuff (Page) has sex with her best male friend, Paulie Bleeker, on a whim, she ends up with an unplanned pregnancy. Actor Rainn Wilson has a small role as the convenience store clerk who bears witness to Juno's discovery of her condition.

With the support of her best friend (Thirlby) and her father and stepmom (Simmons and Janney), Juno decides to carry the child to term and then give it to a good home. Juno finds Vanessa and Mark Loring (Garner and Bateman), a married couple unable to conceive.

When Juno's growing friendship with Mark Loring crosses a line, he confronts the fact that he is not ready to have a baby, and he and Vanessa separate. Juno follows through with her promise to Vanessa and gives her the baby after the birth. At the end of the film, Juno and Paulie return to a more traditional adolescent relationship.

• Ellen Page as Juno MacGuff
• Michael Cera as Paulie Bleeker
• Jennifer Garner as Vanessa Loring
• Jason Bateman as Mark Loring
• Allison Janney as Brenda "Bren" MacGuff
• J.K. Simmons as Mac MacGuff
• Olivia Thirlby as Leah

• Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: "Juno is just about the best movie of the year. It is very smart, very funny and very touching."http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071213/REVIEWS/712130303
• Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: "This movie is [a] delightful and good-hearted ... portrait of the kind of new-generation army I'd like to hang with..."http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20163026,00.html