Tonight after watching Juno with a packed theater of people, I ended up deciding on something i’ve never thought about doing after leaving a theater: I decided to turn back around away from my car, and proceeded to buy another ticket to watch Juno for a second time.

I just didn’t feel like going home, and felt completely distracted during the entire movie because of the large crowd and the insane amount of “awwws” that were heard each time Michael Cera’s character Paulie Bleeker would say something cute or absurd (which kind of made me feel good inside, being that kind of shy-nerdy type myself). Thankfully, the later show was not as packed and I left the theater ultimately feeling better about having seen Juno, but as I sit here typing – i’m just not really sure if I love it or not. It’s almost like I felt that it was going to be the type of movie where I would see myself laughing at every joke. That definitely wasn’t the case, and what I ended up with was seeing a great movie with equally wonderful characters.

Don’t get me wrong though, Juno is a very smart, sweet film. Incredible performances across the board, with Ellen Page (who i can’t help but be completely in love with at this point) completely obliterating my misconceptions of what a young actress is really capable of. She breathes life into the title character, who I honestly felt really put off with during the beginning, much due in part to the ridiculous dialogue that I felt bogged the first 10-15 minutes of the film. It wasn’t until the scene with the lone protester outside of the abortion clinic (which absolutely killed me), that I felt the film really began to take it’s stride. It’s truly scenes like that along with moments between Juno and her father that will make me smile when I happen to think back on this film.

I think the film I was most reminded of while watching this is Rushmore, not in style, but in the way that both have it’s own unique quirkiness, yet still having very genuinely heartfelt moments throughout. I loved how the film played on a lot of my preconceptions on a few of the characters, and completely reversing my opinions on them in the end. There are a few other things I want to bring up, but that would delve into spoiler territory. Let’s just say that I love the last half hour and I felt the ending scene was perfect in a way that made the entire soundtrack make complete sense to me.

Anyways, it’s almost 2:30 am and i’m really beginning to not make any sense of anything I just typed. For those that have seen Juno, what do you think? Also, I had to post this song because it’s just so unbelievably cute.

“Anyone Else But You” :: Michael Cera and Ellen Page

“Anyone Else But You” :: The Moldy Peaches