Juno, Directed By Jason Reitman

The film Juno, directed by Jason Reitman released September 1, 2007 is a very interesting indie style film that broke into mainstream viewing. The main actors in the film are Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman. The movie follows the story of Juno (Ellen Page), a teen that unexpectedly gets pregnant from one event in a chair with her best friend, Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). You follow Juno through her journey towards motherhood by 4 seasons and as the trees change colour so does Juno in aspects. I would highly recommend this love story with it’s funny quirks, it is truly relatable to young adolescents and all ages.

This film has a very charming love story for example, Juno filled the mailbox of Paulie Bleeker with
While most people are accepting of teen pregnancy, Juno shows examples that it is still controversial such as when Juno was getting an ultrasound. The ultrasound technician had no restraints when she made rude comments towards the soon to be teen mother; saying she “just see a lot of teenage mothers come through here. It's obviously a poisonous environment for a baby to be raised in.” Also in the movie, the topic of divorce is touched upon with examples such as Juno was very upset that the couple Mark and Vanessa were getting a divorce. In today's world, divorce is becoming very popular with almost 50% of couples getting a divorce so this is very relatable to everyone. Another thing in the movie that is relatable is the friendship shared between Juno and Leah (Olivia Thirlby), they joked a lot but Leah was always there for Juno through her pregnancy and supported all her decisions. Lastly, abortion is a huge topic through the world today and was a big thing in this movie. Juno was on her way to having an abortion when a fellow classmate, Su-Chin informed her that her baby could already have fingernails. This information became ingrained in the teens head so much so that she ran out of the clinic, deciding on keeping the baby for