Juno (2007)

Réalisateur:

Jason Reitman

Scénariste (WGA):

Diablo Cody (written by)

Release Date:

25 décembre 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame | Romance

Accroche:

A comedy about growing up... and the bumps along the way.

Plot:

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Plot Keywords:

Composer | Dark Comedy | Ultrasound | Shopping Mall | Hospital

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 42 wins & 32 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

The epitome of teenage inanity.

Ensemble

Ellen Page	...	Juno MacGuff
Michael Cera	...	Paulie Bleeker
Jennifer Garner	...	Vanessa Loring
Jason Bateman	...	Mark Loring
Allison Janney	...	Bren MacGuff
J.K. Simmons	...	Mac MacGuff
Olivia Thirlby	...	Leah
Eileen Pedde	...	Gerta Rauss
Rainn Wilson	...	Rollo
Daniel Clark	...	Steve Rendazo
Darla Vandenbossche	...	Bleeker's Mom
Aman Johal	...	Vijay
Valerie Tian	...	Su-Chin
Emily Perkins	...	Punk Receptionist
Kaaren de Zilva	...	Ultrasound Technician

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Juno (Canada: French title)
Juno (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content and language.

Durée:

96 min

Pays:

USA | Canada

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

Finland:K-11 | Hong Kong:IIA | Argentina:16 | UK:15 (video rating) | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Greece:K | Singapore:NC-16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Germany:6 | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:AL | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Brazil:10 | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43795) | Ireland:15A | Taiwan:PG-12 | Australia:M

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Anecdotes:

The comic book "Most Fruitful Yuki" is not real. It was dreamed up by screenwriter Diablo Cody.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Juno takes the pregnancy test at the store she opens the box and there is no inner wrapping, no directions, nothing. She just opens the box and there it is.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Juno MacGuff: It started with a chair.

Movie Connections:

References The Goonies (1985)

Soundtrack:

Doll Parts

The epitome of teenage inanity.

If you haven't been living under a rock for the last few months, you've probably seen or heard of this movie. First off, this is actually a very good movie, speaking in strictly technical terms, but I don't like it. The acting is good, with Hard Candy star Ellen Page putting on an awesome performance, and the supporting cast being equally convincing, and the directing is fine. But everything else just drags the movie down in a steep slide.

Mostly this is just too annoying and cutesy to ever be worth anything other than usage as a beer coaster. The character of Juno always has some sort of witty comment or snide remark, and - surprise! - all of the side characters usually do, too, and it is horribly irritating, a one-trick pony of a comedy cop-out that might make prissy teenagers laugh and feel endowed with a sense of superiority to their peers, but if you like good comedy, this will just come off as stale. The dialogue? MAN, THAT IS AWFUL. "Yo yiggidy yo"? "Forshizz"? And the overwrought use of "like"? Barf-central. Jason Reitman seems to think that if he throws enough pseudo-witty jokes and one liner cracks at a wall, he'll create a Comedic Masterpiece, but it just doesn't work that way. There isn't anything really funny underneath all the "hip" dialogue and the attempted wit.

The soundtrack is almost as bad. A load of pretentious, sappy indie emo rock crapola that will do nothing but make you scratch your head and wonder why it's there. Oh, is that part of what makes this movie intelligent and deep? I'm sorry.

But the real problem is the fact that this movie seems to try to be intellectual and deep with its story about teenage pregnancy and the emotional issues surrounding it, but the whole thing is encased in the sort of disgusting "ironic" humor that seems to pass as thought provoking and soulful these days - Juno trivializes these issues and makes them seem small and insignificant (Juno referring to her situation as "being in a pickle," for instance...), and that shoots this right down the crapper. This is too candyflossed and fluffed up to achieve anything it sets out to do, and so it is a failure.