Juno

  • 96'
  • USA
  • 2007
After a triumphant tour of many international film festivals, Juno settles in Rotterdam. It is not difficult to understand why it's such a success. Does it even have any weak points? The brilliant, heart-warming acting of the protagonist Ellen Page; the clever, funny screenplay larded with American teenage slang, the feel-good character, despite the serious subjects tackled by the film... Together with for instance The Darjeeling Limited, I’m Not There and No Country for Old Men, with Juno Rotterdam are showing a film that underlines the high level of today's narrative American cinema.
Juno MacGuff (16) finds out she pregnant after making love to her good friend Paulie. It soon turns out that Paulie is not much use to her in deciding what to do. Her best friend comforts her and advises her to tell her parents. Juno decides to offer her baby to be for adoption. She recognises the young, childless couple Vanessa and Mark as a suitable adoption parents and she gets on well with Mark partly because he is a professional musician and composer. Just maybe, Juno gets a little too involved with the couple. Ellen Page plays a clever, emotionally mature teenager who steals everyone's heart. But the other characters are also sketched with love and compassion in the screenplay by Diablo Cody. 'Juno is just about the best movie of the year' (Roger Ebert). (EH)


  • 96'
  • USA
  • 2007
Director
Jason Reitman
Country of production
USA
Year
2007
Festival Edition
IFFR 2008
Length
96'
Medium
35mm
Language
English
Producers
Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
Production Companies
Mandate Pictures, Mr. Mudd
Sales
Fox Searchlight Europe
Screenplay
Diablo Cody
Cinematography
Eric Steelberg
Editor
Dana Glauberman
Production Design
Steve Saklad
Sound Design
Barney Cabral, James Kusan
Music
Matt Messina, Kimya Dawson
Cast
Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner
Local Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox Film Nederland BV
Website
http://foxsearchlight.com/juno
Director
Jason Reitman
Country of production
USA
Year
2007
Festival Edition
IFFR 2008
Length
96'
Medium
35mm
Language
English
Producers
Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
Production Companies
Mandate Pictures, Mr. Mudd
Sales
Fox Searchlight Europe
Screenplay
Diablo Cody
Cinematography
Eric Steelberg
Editor
Dana Glauberman
Production Design
Steve Saklad
Sound Design
Barney Cabral, James Kusan
Music
Matt Messina, Kimya Dawson
Cast
Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner
Local Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox Film Nederland BV
Website
http://foxsearchlight.com/juno