As ill fortune would have it, Juno gets pregnant the first time out, and is catapulted in a world of genuine grown-up experience to match and exceed her super-cool mannerisms. Paulie was also surrendering his virginity, or as Juno puts it, "going live". In a spirit of experiment she has had sex for the first time with Paulie (Michael Cera), with whom she was once in a band. Page plays Juno MacGuff, a hyper-articulate 16-year-old who has cultivated sarky irony to insulate her against the pain and awfulness of being a teenager. With its smart dialogue by newcomer Diablo Cody and a miraculously effective and evocative lo-fi soundtrack, the film has the ephemeral charm of a great pop song. A naked Nicole Kidman was once famously described as "pure theatrical Viagra" in this thoroughly delightful teen comedy, the fully clothed Ellen Page is pure cinematic Prozac.
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