“Juno,” 18 January 2009 (2007), DVD. We both enjoyed this story about a 16-yo girl. (Ellen Page) who gets pregnant on the first time with Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera), a sweet, loving, genuine, nice, smart, track-running kid. They have a punk band as well. Very well acted, crisply written. Oh, I wish all kids were so articulate and responsible, even after making a ‘mistake’ and getting pregnant. She’s your normal, abnormal poetic kid, of course. Not just an average one. And everyone from the clerk in the convenience store to her nail salon technician step-mom (Alison Janney) to her ex-army heating and ventilation repair dad (JK Simmons) are just full of wit, calmness, wisdom and all the things I wish I had. They’re fun to watch but leave me feeling bad about myself lacking so many of those traits and pissed that they’re all supposedly so present in our society. Hating the environment of the abortion clinic, she decides to carry to term and find a couple to adopt. She meets Mark (director Jason Reitman) and Vanessa (Jennifer Garner) via the Pennysaver (doesn’t everyone?). She’s the uptight yuppie who desperately wants to be a mom, and he’s the wanna be rocker who, at first, Juno bonds with until she finds out he’s not really as grown up as he seems. A good and very interesting movie and resolution. We both really liked it, as did our daughter, although we did say “don’t get pregnant even if Juno is cool!”