My review of the film Juno

Acting: ****
Plot: ***
Story: ***
Dialog: ****
Direction: ***

Juno presents a story in which a teenage girl gets pregnant and has to deal with the consequences. The acting is honestly very good and the dialog the same. It suffers only from the obvious intention of the filmmakers to make this into a "girl film" with a situation-comedy-like quality. In truth, it's a film that should have also been adapted to a male audience. Because it was so female-centric, it comes across as preaching to the choir. Thus while it is novel upon first viewing it probably is not worth a subsequent rental.

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