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# Juno Is a Hit: Quirky Teen Pregnancy Comedy Worth the Wait
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/juno/
- Published: 2007-12-15T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T04:24:40.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The hype and awards-show buzz for this film started long ago for this quirky flick. Thought to be this year’s “Little Miss Sunshine,” I and many others have touted this low-budget comedy about teen pregnancy. And finally, the results do not disappoint. It’s a hit. I enjoy it thoroughly. The ensemble of actors create a very real environment in which Juno (Ellen Page) lives her life. Director Jason Reitman treats high-school with originality that has rarely reached the screen. “Napoleon Dynamite” was close, but this film doesn’t want to concentrate as much on the peripheral. The characters seem real, at least at most times, and the situations are very true to life. Co-star Michael Cera again steals some laughs. Previously in “Superbad,” he has had quite a year. Page may be playing herself, or a version of herself, but that takes a lot away from her performance to think of it that way. This is a very personal story and is a film that is worth waiting for. Diablo Cody, the hot former stripper/screenwriter of this film will have to wait until the writers’ strike is settled until she can cash in on her likely Best Screenplay Oscar win.

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WITH BABY: Ellen Page (left) plays an expectant teen mother in ‘Juno.’ (Photo: Photo courtesy Fox Searchlight)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 15, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121507.pdf?ref=smdp.com)