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Juno (Two-Disc Special Edition with Digital Copy)
Actors: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, and Allison Janney
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $34.98
Release Date: 2008-04-15
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Studio: Twentieth Centuy Fox
Run Time: 96 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 2


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Product Description
Explore the outrageous "Junoverse" of the year's most talked-about comedy with this 2-Disc Special Edition of Juno-bulging with awesome special features to deliver hours of laughs and tons of feel-good fun!Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) is a cool confident teenager who takes a nine-month detour into adulthood when she's faced with an unplanned pregnancy-and sets out to find the perfect parents for her baby. With the help of her charmingly unassuming boyfriend (Michael Cera) supportive dad (J.K Simmons) and no-nonsense stepmom (Allison Janney) Juno sets her sights on an affluent couple (Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman) longing to adopt their first child.Running Time: 92 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/COMING OF AGE Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543515944 Manufacturer No: 2251594

2) Amazon.com
Somewhere between the sharp satire of Election and the rich human comedy of You Can Count On Me lies Juno, a sardonic but ultimately compassionate story of a pregnant teenage girl who wants to give her baby up for adoption. Social misfit Juno (Ellen Page, Hard Candy, X-Men: The Last Stand) protects herself with a caustic wit, but when she gets pregnant by her friend Paulie (Michael Cera, Superbad), Juno finds herself unwilling to terminate the pregnancy. When she chooses a couple who place a classified ad looking to adopt, Juno gets drawn further into their lives than she anticipated. But Juno is much more than its plot; the stylized dialogue (by screenwriter Diablo Cody) seems forced at first, but soon creates a richly textured world, greatly aided by superb performances by Page, Cera, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman as the prospective parents, and J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man) and Allison Janney as Juno's father and stepmother. Director Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking) deftly keeps the movie from slipping into easy, shallow sarcasm or foundering in sentimentality. The result is smarter and funnier than you might expect from the subject matter, and warmer and more touching than you might expect from the cocky attitude. Page's performance is deceptively simple; she never asks the audience to love her, yet she effortlessly carries a movie in which she's in almost every scene. That's star power. --Bret FetzerGet to Know Juno's CastEllen Page (Juno MacGuff)Michael Cera (Paulie Bleeker)Jennifer Garner (Vanessa Loring)Jason Bateman (Mark Loring)Allison Janney (Bren MacGuff)J.K. Simmons (Mac MacGuff)Beyond JunoJuno SoundtrackMore from Screenwriter Diablo CodyMore from FoxStills from Juno

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) Funny and a tear jerker   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I just watched this movie last night with my husband. He and I thoroughly enjoyed it and really feel like anyone would like it. It was really funny, but there were some parts that were just tear-jerkers. It's such a fantastic movie.

2) Worst Movie Ever   [Rating: 1 out of 5]
This is just my opinion, but this movie was neither funny nor did it make sense. There was too much hype about this movie and after seeing it, I was deeply disappointed. Maybe this movie appeals to people have had no knowledge of life beyond their shelter homes, because where I'm from I see situations like this everyday. The jokes in this movie were not funny as all, they were actually stupid. The music was also horribly stupid too (Simon Cowell would say the same thing), and I'm still wondering how Ellen Page got nominate for best actress; my sixteen year old cousin could have play the same role with no acting experience. Throughout the whole movie Juno was talking nonsense and stupidity (is she suppose to be that stupid). I know she plays a sixteen year old girl, but at least have her character be more intelligent and can someone tell me why Juno had that strange pipe in her mouth. Also I didn't understand why Juno's stepmother snap at the ultrasound technician and the fact that her sister is name Liberty Bell. This was the biggest waste of my time. Thanks for your time, goodbye.

3) VERY GOOD, BUT NOT QUITE AS GOOD AS I EXPECTED IT TO BE!   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Juno is a tale which starts out a little annoying, but by the end of the film,, it wins you over. Not being a parent, I have a problem listening to smug teenagers who think they are wise beyong their years. The smug attitude of the young girls turned me off as a person looking in from the outside, but once the movie gets going and the characters are fleshed out, I enjoyed this quirkly little film and the excellent cast. The story is real and everything rings true. It's a film well worth your time and money. The single disc version is very good with an excellent transfer and some interesting extra material.

4) Cute and often funny, but not worthy of a Best Pic nomination   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
Yes, it's all very cute. The neighborhoods, the people, the blue drinks, and so on--cute as heck and really adorable and sometimes funny. But believable? No, not quite. I couldn't believe that Juno went back with Paulie at the end and that they sat there singing a happy song as if nothing serious had happened in their young lives. It was hard to believe that Juno would actually make a phone call about getting an abortion and then scare herself off just because of the thought that the baby had fingernails already. I couldn't believe that Juno's dad and stepmother were so cool with the whole thing. That's not the normal reaction from most people in such a situation.The music got on my nerves as well. Every five frakking minutes, there was another off-key indie song being sung. It was quite annoying after a while.Was there a reason for Liberty Bell to be in the movie at all? She was basically a piece of furniture.RE: the dialogue: okay, sarcastic and self-aware and snappy is fun for a few minutes. I'm sure it was fun to write. But come on....do people talk that way that frequently? I couldn't believe that either.Into the Wild deserved a nomination far more than this film did.

5) Not as good as I expected.   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
I bowed to public pressure and bought "Juno" when it came out on DVD. I watched it last night and today am marveling over the fact that something could make me hate Jason Bateman. He was very poorly cast in this movie. So was Jennifer Garner, as a matter of fact. I was not impressed with any of the characters, except Juno's best friend. Isn't it sad that she was the only character I really liked? She seemed realistically witty, not forced comedy like the other people seemd to have. Like many of the people who rated this movie below 5 stars, I felt the dialog was forced, and not at all realistic of a 16 year old's. I am 37 and I found that some of the things they talked about were more from my era, not from someone young enough to be my daughter.I would suggest just borrowing this movie if you want to see it. Don't spend the $15.99 at Target to buy it. I probably won't watch it again.