The 2007 film written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman, chronicles the life of a teenage girl who, after one night and a chair, discovers that she is pregnant. Juno MacGuff is a quirky, off-beat teenager who doesn’t really care about what others think of her. When she finds out that she is pregnant, she knows that she isn’t ready to be a mother, but isn’t sure how to feel about her most recent dilemma. After talking to the baby’s father who happens to be her best friend, Paulie Bleeker, they both decide that it would be a better idea to get an abortion. However, Juno ultimately decides that she can’t go through with it. So, she decides to give the baby up for adoption instead. She tells her dad and step-mom about the unwanted pregnancy
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When Juno is at school, she is stared at and made fun of. Before she got pregnant, Juno was practically invisible to the rest of the student body, but once she becomes “convex”, as she puts it, people start paying attention to her. When she walks down the hall at the beginning of the movie, she is pushed around and isn’t noticed, but later, the student body splits like the Red Sea to make room for her. Not only is she given dirty looks, but she became the new school gossip overnight. At track practice, Bleeker is asked about the alleged pregnancy by one of his teammates. After Juno backs out of the abortion, she knows that she has to tell her father and step-mom, but is really worried about it. Her step-mom takes the news pretty well, going straight into helping Juno get doctors appointments taken care of. Juno’s dad, on the other hand, is very torn up about the news. He feels as if he has failed as a parent to his child and often makes jokes about the situation by calling Juno a big, puffy version of herself and thanking Vanessa for letting his ‘irresponsible daughter over’ at her house. Despite his hard exterior, her father truly cares for and loves Juno, “You know I’ll always be her to love and support you, no matter what kind of pickle you’re in.” In public, Juno gets mixed reactions about her pregnancy. While at the mall is judged for being young and pregnant. You mostly notice this from the looks she gets from the people in the background of the scene. However, when she is at Mark and Vanessa’s talking about the adoption, all the adults treat her as if she is an adult as well. They don’t talk down to her like most adults would in this situation, but they talk to her as an equal, despite all her jokes and
When Juno is at school, she is stared at and made fun of. Before she got pregnant, Juno was practically invisible to the rest of the student body, but once she becomes “convex”, as she puts it, people start paying attention to her. When she walks down the hall at the beginning of the movie, she is pushed around and isn’t noticed, but later, the student body splits like the Red Sea to make room for her. Not only is she given dirty looks, but she became the new school gossip overnight. At track practice, Bleeker is asked about the alleged pregnancy by one of his teammates. After Juno backs out of the abortion, she knows that she has to tell her father and step-mom, but is really worried about it. Her step-mom takes the news pretty well, going straight into helping Juno get doctors appointments taken care of. Juno’s dad, on the other hand, is very torn up about the news. He feels as if he has failed as a parent to his child and often makes jokes about the situation by calling Juno a big, puffy version of herself and thanking Vanessa for letting his ‘irresponsible daughter over’ at her house. Despite his hard exterior, her father truly cares for and loves Juno, “You know I’ll always be her to love and support you, no matter what kind of pickle you’re in.” In public, Juno gets mixed reactions about her pregnancy. While at the mall is judged for being young and pregnant. You mostly notice this from the looks she gets from the people in the background of the scene. However, when she is at Mark and Vanessa’s talking about the adoption, all the adults treat her as if she is an adult as well. They don’t talk down to her like most adults would in this situation, but they talk to her as an equal, despite all her jokes and