So.
I saw Juno again today.
I am so in love with this movie, it’s not even funny. Unlike Garden State, which I really do love very much, except for the first 20 minutes (or until Natalie Portman and her Ginormous Headphones appear on the scene), I love every minute of this movie, from the Sunny D guzzling in the beginning to the cheesy guitar strumming at the end.
Seriously. Best movie ever. Ellen Page is so freaking awesome, and she played Juno perfectly. I can’t name my favorite moment, as there were oh so many, but some of my favorites — and these speak to the brilliant nuances Page brings to the role — are Juno’s reaction to Vanessa talking to the baby in the mall; the expression she gets on her face when her dad tells her calmly and without judgment that he didn’t think she was “that kind of girl;” and the last scene in the hospital.
Obviously there are many more, and I’ve got a plethora of quotes from the beyond stellar dialogue, but those are some of the more profound and emotionally affecting.
I also loved Jennifer Garner in this movie, although that kind of goes without saying; and Michael Cera reinforced my belief that slightly nerdy, slightly socially awkward guys are so much better than the Brad Pitts of the world.
I adore this clip of Michael and Ellen completely improvising a song about director Jason Reitman:
