Starts off with a sputter but gradually picks up steam to close in a thunderous finish.
The key to embracing Juno is to harbor the anticipation of seeing real growth throughout. The titular character played by the brilliant Ellen Page is a whip-smart teenager who gets pregnant. She grows up by realizing how she is not as mature or as intelligent as she thinks she is and that her precocious observations and assumptions about the…

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Absolutely fantastic film that feels very, very real.
This year must hold the record for most films with pregnancy story lines. How often do you see a movie that centers on pregnancy as a primary driving force of the plot? 2007 has had three. First there was Knocked Up, a brilliant comedy from Judd Apatow, which was as outrageous and over the top as it was realistic and touching. Next came Waitress,…

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