Juno
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: December 5, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
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Universal acclaim based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
36
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York PostLou Lumenick
Hollywood's Woman of the Year is a pregnant 16-year-old, the incredibly hip, smart-mouthed and totally endearing heroine of the wise and witty Juno. Read full review
100
USA TodayClaudia Puig
With its original performances that can't be reduced to simplistic labels, Juno is charming, honest and terrifically acted. Read full review
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A fresh, quirky, unusually intelligent comedy. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleDavid Wiegand
A confluence of perfection in every aspect of the film. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
A blithe charmer balanced somewhere between a life-should-be-so-neat fairy tale and a life's-a-real-bitch tragicomedy, leaves political debate at the ticket counter and focuses solely on what it's like for Juno MacGuff to be Juno MacGuff. Read full review
91
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
A witty little comic gem with a heart and a soul. Read full review
91
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
At its best, Juno is about the messy things in life that are not so easily summarized. Read full review
90
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Juno respects the idiosyncrasies of its characters rather than exaggerating them or holding them up for ridicule. Read full review
90
SlateDana Stevens
With a charismatic lead performance from Page and a plaintive score of indie-rock songs, many of them by Kimya Dawson of the Moldy Peaches, Juno seems poised to be the season's youth-culture hit. Read full review
90
The New YorkerDavid Denby
Juno is a coming-of-age movie made with idiosyncratic charm and not a single false note. Read full review
90
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Not only gives us a superb new cast of believable characters, it transcends its own genre. Only superficially a teen comedy, the movie redounds with postmodern -- but emotionally genuine -- gravitas. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter Travers
There's a special kick that comes in finding a new star. So step up, Ellen Page, and take your bows. Read full review
88
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Juno has a great heroine and is blessed by a screenplay that doesn't try to do too much and finds the perfect ending. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Ellen Page is key to its success, as much as Cody, or director Jason Reitman. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy Burr
That smart, hip, human comedy you've been waiting for all year. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Like its heroine, the film's glib - and sometimes sidesplittingly funny - patter at first diverts viewers from its poignant insights. Happily, as Juno grows in experience and maturity, so does the film. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
It comes off as calculatedly irreverent at times, and its Wes Anderson-isms are too precious by half, but its sweetness is genuine and next-to-impossible to resist. Read full review
83
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
A funny and sincere indie about what happens when an acerbic teen finds herself "in a fat suit I can't take off." Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Cody's dialogue has a definite rhythm and Reitman directs his actors to deliver the words in the rapid-fire precision of a '30s screwball comedy. Indeed all scenes develop a rhythm and inner logic that bring the movie to often startling revelations and insights. Read full review
80
VarietyTodd McCarthy
An ultra-smart-mouthed comedy about a planned adoption that goes weirdly awry. Read full review
80
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
Once it works its way through the first-timer's lookatme! snark, Juno evolves into a thing of beauty and grace. By the end, it's unexpectedly moving without ever once trolling for crocodile tears. It's a sneak attack. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
Deceptively superficial at the outset, the movie deepens into something poignant and unexpected. Read full review
80
SalonStephanie Zacharek
As lively and entertaining as Juno is, Reitman and Cody have also done the work of shaping the story into something emotionally direct, unsparing and generous. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
It's a comedy of crisp, mordant wit and quietly radiating warmth, as well as a coming-of-age story with a lovely twist -- you can't always spot the best candidates for maturity. Read full review
80
Film ThreatFelix Vasques Jr.
Bateman is given all the best dialogue and delivers his hilarious one-liners and odd observations with his usual brilliant deadpan, along with Garner who gives the finest performance of her career. Read full review
80
TimeRichard Schickel
Juno is not a great movie; it does not have aspirations in that direction. But it is, in its little way, a truthful, engaging and welcome entertainment. Read full review
80
EmpireAndrew Male
A sharp-edged, sweet-centred, warm-hearted coming-of-age movie that’s always just that little bit smarter than you think it is. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
As with "Sunshine," I'd call Juno a family film if only it didn't make teen pregnancy look so sporting. Instead, we'll settle for that rare bird, an indie comedy that uplifts – funny and smart, totally trying to be cool and succeeding, and heartfelt to boot. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
It is certainly the feel-good movie of the season. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Diablo and director Jason Reitman never undercut Juno, whom Page brings to a fully rounded life (no pun intended) that verges on the frightening: Her vulnerable center doesn't belie her formidable exterior -- it just makes her more than a sitcom-patter machine. Read full review
75
PremiereGlenn Kenny
If a woman had not in fact certifiably written the picture, I might have thought that Lester Bangs had come back from the dead to pen an account of the teen years of his ideal mate. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
The film's forced quirkiness constantly threatens to derail the entire enterprise, making this another minor American indie exercise in family eccentricity. But it keeps being put back on track by the apparently effortless performance of a great young actress. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Comedy comes from an exaggeration of reality, not reality itself -- and on that score, Diablo Cody's first screenplay gets high marks. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Juno comes on all wisecracking and aren't-we-clever, but don't be surprised if you find yourself getting choked up -- with happy tears -- by the end. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
What sets this engaging little movie above the pack of glib, brittle or sickly-sweet teen comedies is the clear eye it casts on the suburban American family, while stoutly defending that battered institution’s elastic ability to adapt. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Jason Reitman follows his pitch-perfect satire "Thank You for Smoking" with another adventurous comedy, though here the cleverness can be grating; the movie is distinctive for its complicated emotions. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
It’s the writer, Diablo Cody, and the director, Jason Reitman, who have screws loose. Or maybe they’re just desperate to make their film a chick "Rushmore" or "Garden State." Read full review
58
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
The movie has been hailed and marketed as this year's Little Miss Sunshine, but it has none of that movie's empathy and comic surprise. Too much of it is like a subpar episode of Freaks and Geeks, padded out to 92 minutes with pseudo-witty dialogue. Read full review
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