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DVD Review: Juno

Written by Rebecca Wright
Published April 28, 2008
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The film takes us through all nine months of Juno's pregnancy. For the most part she treats the whole thing as a temporary inconvenience. Page maintains Juno's wisecracking exterior throughout the film, bur manages to show Juno's deeper emotional feelings in flashes of dramatic brilliance. There is also a certain point in the film when the audience is left to wonder if the relationship between Juno and Mark will wade into dangerously inappropriate territory.

Despite my initial reservations, Juno turned out to be a fun film with lots of laughs and plenty of quotable lines. I never would have imagined that a film about a sixteen-year-old girl who gets pregnant and puts the baby up for adoption could be funny without stooping to the juvenile humor of Knocked Up. Diablo Cody deserved the Oscar she received for Best Original Screenplay.

Juno is presented in its theatrical aspect ratio (1.85:1 widescreen, enhanced for 16x9 displays) and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

The Juno DVD contains a commentary by director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody. They discuss the challenges of filming in four different seasons and general production issues. Eleven deleted scenes (20:20) are also included which can be viewed with or without commentary from Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody. A gag reel of botched takes and line flubs follows (5:10). There is also a "Screen tests" (22:30) segment that shows most of the cast's original screen tests.

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Rebecca is a freelance writer, concentrating in the areas of film, television and music criticism. Her B.A. is in the Humanities with an emphasis in film and writing.She holds an M.A. in American and British literature with an emphasis in dystopian literature and detective fiction.
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DVD Review: Juno
Published: April 28, 2008
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Writer: Rebecca Wright
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