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In Elk River, Minnesota, sixteen-year-old high-schooler Juno MacGuff discovers she is pregnant after sleeping with her friend and longtime admirer Paulie Bleeker.
Dec 13, 2007 · We follow Juno through all nine months of her pregnancy, which she pretends to treat as mostly an inconvenience. It is uncanny how Page shows us, without seeming to show us, the deeper feelings beneath Juno’s wisecracking exterior.
- Garin Pirnia
- THE SCRIPT WAS "DEEPLY PERSONAL" FOR DIABLO CODY. The scribe based the story on her own life and wanted to tell a story that was “different” from the rest of Hollywood movies.
- MICHAEL CERA LIKED THE FORMAT OF THE SCRIPT. In an interview with Collider, Michael Cera said that one reason he wanted to star in the movie was because the script was written like a book.
- ELLEN PAGE DOESN’T CONSIDER IT A PRO-LIFE MOVIE. The film takes an apolitical stance on teen pregnancy, but Page gets upset when “people call it a pro-life movie,” she told the Toronto Star.
- ALLISON JANNEY APPRECIATED THE NON-STEREOTYPICAL STEPMOTHER ROLE. The actress plays Juno’s stepmother, Bren, who surprisingly supports her stepdaughter’s pregnancy and then forms a relationship with her.
Dec 5, 2017 · Juno’s pregnancy was a result of sex with her best friend, while mine was a result of a sexual assault. But our stories had something in common: neither was a typical cautionary tale about teen...
- Sian Ferguson
Jul 18, 2023 · A Quick Recap. Juno stars Elliot Page as the titular character who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at 16 after one awkward sexual encounter with her crush, Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera).
- Arielle Tschinkel
16-year-old Minnesotan high-schooler Juno MacGuff discovers she is pregnant with a child fathered by her friend and longtime admirer, Paulie Bleeker. While she is rumored to have an abortion, she changes her mind and decides to make a plan for the child's adoption.
Dec 5, 2017 · Juno's pregnancy, though it ushers the narrative along, is more of a reflection of the character's own growing up process, offering a timeline within which we witness her childish naivety...
