Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Olivia Thirlby, J. K. Simmons, Allison Janney, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman also star. Filming spanned from early February to March 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The film premiered on September 8 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation.

The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned three other Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Page. The film's soundtrack, featuring several songs performed by Kimya Dawson in various guises, was the first number one soundtrack since Dreamgirls and 20th Century Fox's first number one soundtrack since Titanic. Juno earned back its initial budget of $6.5 million in twenty days, the first nineteen of which were when the film was in limited release. The film has gone on to earn more than 35 times that amount for a total of $231 million, becoming the highest grossing film in distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures's history.

Juno received numerous positive reviews from critics, many of whom placed the film on their top ten lists for the year. The film has also received both criticism and praise from members of both the pro-life and pro-choice communities regarding its treatment of abortion.

Fox Searchlight always has about a million free screenings. They've been doing em for about a month, probably, so I'm sure more than 1000 people have seen it.

JUNO - 9/10 (A)

One of the year's very best films. This lives up to the hype that has surrounded it ever since it started making the film festival rounds. It's just a wonderful, heartfelt, hilarious film. The screenplay is absolutely fantastic and contains many laugh-out-loud moments, but also features well-developed characters that you come to sympathize with. The performances are strong across the board. Ellen Page is phenomenal in the title role and delivers a brilliant performance that should garner her lots of praise this awards season. Michael Cera is charming and displays his knack for awkward humor once again. Allison Janney steals every scene she is in and has some of the film's best one-liners. Jason Bateman is good in a role that takes a surprising turn in the final act - I definitely agree that his character was quite creepy. And Jennifer Garner finally gets a film role that is able to show how talented she is. Her performance here is the best of her career, and my favorite female supporting performance so far this year as well. She's just wonderful here - that's the only way to describe it - and her storyline is incredibly compelling and satisfying. This film is just a sweet, funny, heartwarming delight, and should not be missed. It's irresistible.

Don't forget Lake of Fire.

But as someone who sat through 4 years of screenwriting courses and know very well the type, I grew tired of Diablo's work within 10 minutes.

I dunno,im going to be an arrogant bastard for a second and say I know apocalypse cinema better then anybody on this site and ill say this film is very very well done.

I have to give the edge to Lawrence Olivier, who did win Best Actor for Hamlet. Spending almost two years of English class on Hamlet, as well as all the different interpretations.

Looks like Juno's Oscar chances just got a boost