It’s hard to imagine any young actress playing Juno MacGuff, the
acerbic, wise-cracking teen at the center of Juno, like Halifax’s Ellen
Page.
Soon to be 21, Page excels at playing characters mature beyond their
years, and to see her interviewed you realize it’s not a major stretch
for the intelligent, well-spoken actor, who deliberately eschews
formulaic teen fare in favour of more challenging roles.
Juno MacGuff certainly is that – a 16-year-old high school student who
mistakenly gets pregnant after a one-off with her friend-crush Paulie
Bleeker (Michael Cera). After ruling out an abortion, Juno contemplates
carrying the baby to term and giving it up for adoption.
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Producer Judd Apatow, the man behind crude-yet-touching comedic gems The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, has another winner on his hands with Superbad.
You can’t help but root for the film’s awkward heroes Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera), best friends trying to score with girls before they graduate high school and head off to different colleges in the fall. When they’re unexpectedly invited to a popular girl’s party with the caveat that they must score alcohol for it, they enlist the help of an even geekier guy, Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). Fogell’s secret weapon is his brand new fake ID, which identifies him as 25-year-old Hawaiian organ donor, McLovin.
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Don’t let the title fool you – 2 Days in Paris is no sweeping, grand romance in the City of Lights. Rather it’s a funny, realistic look at a relationship in crisis, where two days could mean the difference between making up and breaking up.
Written and directed by Julie Delpy, the story brings French photographer Marion (Delpy) and her American interior designer boyfriend Jack (Adam Goldberg) to the city for two days following a disastrous trip to Venice, before heading home to New York.
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