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Juno
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
2007 · Directed by Jason Reitman · 96 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 11 frames
Tagline
A comedy about growing up… and the bumps along the way.
Plot
In Elk River, Minnesota, 16-year-old high-schooler Juno MacGuff discovers she is pregnant after sleeping with her friend and longtime admirer Paulie Bleeker. Originally intending to get an abortion, Juno visits a local women's clinic and encounters a schoolmate outside, who is holding a one-person anti-abortion vigil. Once inside, Juno finds herself unable to go through with the procedure and decides to give the baby up for adoption. With the help of her friend Leah, Juno searches the ads in the Pennysaver and finds a childless married couple she feels will provide a suitable home. She informs her father Mac and stepmother Bren of the pregnancy and her plan and they offer Juno their support. With Mac, Juno meets the couple, Mark and Vanessa Loring, in their expensive Saint Cloud home, and agrees to a closed adoption.
Mark works at home composing commercial jingles, having abandoned his rock band youth, which is now confined to memorabilia displayed in a single room of the house that Vanessa has designated for his personal belongings. Juno learns that she and Mark share tastes in punk rock and horror films, and starts visiting him frequently to hang out. One day, Juno and Leah run into Vanessa at the mall, where they watch her interact with children, looking completely content and in her element. Juno encourages Vanessa to talk to the baby in Juno's womb, which kicks for Vanessa.
As the pregnancy progresses, Juno struggles with her feelings for Paulie, whom she has maintained an outwardly indifferent attitude towards, but jealously confronts after learning he has asked another girl to the upcoming prom. Paulie reminds Juno that she requested they remain distant, and tells her she broke his heart.
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Crew
- Written by: Diablo Cody
- Cinematography: Eric Steelberg
- Edited by: Dana E. Glauberman
- Music: Mateo Messina
- Production design: Steve Saklad
- Produced by: John Malkovich, Russell Smith, Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick
Cast
- Elliot Page as Juno MacGuff
- Michael Cera as Paulie Bleeker
- Jennifer Garner as Vanessa Loring
- Jason Bateman as Mark Loring
- J.K. Simmons as Mac MacGuff
- Allison Janney as Bren MacGuff
- Olivia Thirlby as Leah
- Eileen Pedde as Gerta Rauss
- Rainn Wilson as Rollo
- Daniel Clark as Steve Rendazo
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Mandate Pictures, Mr. Mudd, Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Budget: $7,500,000
- Box office: $232,372,681
- Themes: puberty, first time, becoming an adult, sexuality, pregnancy, adoption, precocity, partnership, pregnant minor, coming of age
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