I saw it tonight and quite liked it. Quick rundown, teenaged girl gets pregnant and deals with the consequences, and it's a comedy. Really it's the female viewpoint response to Knocked Up. While not that big on abortion I think it can safely be described as profoundly feminist. It really is about Juno, the title character, her choices, and her interactions with the people around her. She can be a bit of a cipher, but the supporting characters are all rather well developed and I like them a lot.
This is also definitely a hipster movie. I liked a few of the songs, although while the folksy indy music fit the tone most of them, particularly the intro, didn't do it for me. The characters are constantly witty, to an utterly unrealistic degree, but the acting is also rather good anyways so I think it works. That said, it really did not work for the <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/today/bal-to.juno21dec21,0,5190317.story">Sun's reviewer</a> so if snarky hip girls aren't your thing than this isn't the movie for you. It's a bit more life affirming than say Ghost World, but that's probably a good reference point for whether you'll like this.
Anyways, the communal environment of the theater is fun, but you can probably replicate it by renting it with some friends.
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