Juno (2007)
May 27, 2022 12:09 PM - Subscribe
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman (Elliot Page) makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
I wish that the scenario had been that she'd used a condom and it broke....especially since it was made clear that Juno initiated the sex with Paulie.
posted by brujita at 3:36 PM on May 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by brujita at 3:36 PM on May 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
I look and talk a lot like a female version of Elliot Page and we're about the same age and this movie was an extremely uncomfortable watch for me when I saw it in the theater. I wonder how he feels about it now.
posted by potrzebie at 11:35 PM on May 27, 2022 [6 favorites]
posted by potrzebie at 11:35 PM on May 27, 2022 [6 favorites]
For me the most raw, iconic moment of this movie has always been this exchange:
Dad: “I thought you were the kind of girl who knew when to say when”
Juno: “I don’t know what kind of girl I am.”
So much vulnerability in that moment. It leaps off the screen.
posted by wabbittwax at 1:01 PM on May 28, 2022 [6 favorites]
Dad: “I thought you were the kind of girl who knew when to say when”
Juno: “I don’t know what kind of girl I am.”
So much vulnerability in that moment. It leaps off the screen.
posted by wabbittwax at 1:01 PM on May 28, 2022 [6 favorites]
I haven't seen this movie since it originally came out, but one scene I remember feeling was a little gross is when Juno goes to the abortion clinic, and all the other women there seemed to be portrayed as stereotypical damaged, dregs of society-type "losers." Does that scene still come across that way?
posted by Saxon Kane at 1:37 PM on May 30, 2022
posted by Saxon Kane at 1:37 PM on May 30, 2022
we don't see most of the women's faces and it seems like they're a mix of types....however the receptionist is a scary, sullen, unempathetic goth.
https://youtu.be/WllLql6fduo
posted by brujita at 10:41 PM on May 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
https://youtu.be/WllLql6fduo
posted by brujita at 10:41 PM on May 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
Iconic Rainn Wilson scenes, go Diablo. On rewatches I've felt like turning it off when Jason Bateman's character starts showing the signs of his creepiness. Douche-chills for sure.
I heard the name "Mankato" for the first time in this movie.
posted by rhizome at 7:31 PM on May 31, 2022
I heard the name "Mankato" for the first time in this movie.
posted by rhizome at 7:31 PM on May 31, 2022
Saw it when it came out but the characters all became so tiresome and repellent I walked out before the end. What happened? She didn't give her baby to that awful couple, did she?
posted by Rash at 9:32 PM on June 2, 2022
posted by Rash at 9:32 PM on June 2, 2022
SPOILER:
male half leaves his wife and she still adopts juno's baby
posted by brujita at 1:10 AM on June 6, 2022
male half leaves his wife and she still adopts juno's baby
posted by brujita at 1:10 AM on June 6, 2022
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posted by sammyo at 12:37 PM on May 27, 2022