★★★½ Juno

[Tiny: 3.0, Twinkletoes: 4.0, Gino: 4.0, Twoshoes: 3.5]

Tiny says: 'I had unfortunately high expectations for this movie. I very much enjoyed the performance of the guy who played Bleeker. I never warmed up to the character of Vanessa and this may be a gender thing, but it prevented me from really getting along with the movie. Go in with modest expectations and you'll be pleased. If I were a 15 year old girl I would probably think this movie was awesome, and I wouldn't be shocked if Juno becomes the Sixteen Candles or Breakfast Club of such kids.'

Twinkletoes says: 'Unlike Tiny I went into this thing not expecting much more than an enjoyable little flick and I was pleasantly surprised with a wonderfully sweet and funny little film. I though the performances were great across the board aside from Jennifer Garner's Vanessa. But I think that just may be me as I can't stand her in anything. I disagree with Tiny in that I don't believe one needs to warm up to her character to fall for the charms of this film.'

Gino says: 'Time for me to weigh in on this old issue, the first film in a long time to get 4 reviews from us... Is it a little too cute? yes. Gloss over some emotional issues? perhaps. Too-understanding parents? maybe. Is it one of those films that lives to play interstitial songs the film-makers dig? Check. My verdict? So what? I was charmed. By now, yes, we all know Ellen Paige is great and all, but I really liked the characters and performances of her dad and step-mom. It was quite funny at times and at least bordering on touching at others. We need to see these kind of films once in a while to warm our hearts [Gary Marshall-- don't consider that a greenlight for you!]'

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is something about Tiny's last two posts: the movie titles are not capitalized, and I can't seem to edit them to get them to be so. Weird.

tiny said...

Not only that, but instead of seeing colored stars next to the movies, I see colored question marks.

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