Juno

I finally got around to watching Juno last night. Casey borrowed the DVD from someone at work and we spent a couple hours on the couch watching it together. I know it won all sorts of awards and whatnot, but we had heard mixed reviews from friends in our own age bracket. Between the people that thought it was the funniest thing they had seen in the last year, the people that thought it was culturally relevant look at teenage pregnancy and the people that thought it was kinda boring, I wasn’t sure if it would strike a chord with me. But we had the DVD and a little time to kill, so we popped into the Xbox 360 and watched.

My thoughts? It was funny, clever and managed to not be a total waste of my evening. I didn’t think it was groundbreaking and I don’t think its an “important” film. It was just an entertaining movie. The dialogue was Whedon-esque in its pacing and clever vocabulary. The characters were likeable and felt more like real people than the flat characters we usually get in movies about families and teenagers. Juno’s parents, in particular, were really excellently played.

I don’t know if I can recommend it to everyone, but Juno ended up being better than I expected. If you are interested in the film but haven’t checked it out yet, it could be an entertaining use of some hours that you might have to kill.