The sarcastic nature of screenwriter Diablo Cody is felt throughout the movie. The dialogue feels like a Kevin Smith or Quentin Tarantino script with a hint of "Dawson's Creek" plot thrown in. Juno approaches abortion with certainty, telling the clinic's nurse "I'd like to procure a hasty abortion." But she quickly chickens out and instead decides to find adoptive parents for her baby. The decisions happen quickly, which highlights the immaturity of Juno, but once they've been made she sticks to her guns.

The supporting cast starts out seemingly clueless and depressed, but as the movie progresses, Juno's father (J.K Simmons) and stepmother (Allison Janney) turn out to have their own issues and internal struggles. And they're not all that clueless either. It becomes apparent shortly after meeting Juno's father where her whip-smart one-liners come from. Both characters step easily out of the caricature laid out for them.

This is also apparent with Mark (Jason Bateman) and Vanessa Loring (Jennifer Garner), a yuppie couple living in a suburban development where every other house looks the same who hope to adopt Juno's baby. Vanessa desperately wants to have a child, while Mark is just along for the ride. Mark is a bit of an embarrassment to Vanessa, with his fetish for B-style horror movies and former dreams of being a rock star. The supporting cast all have shining moments, but the ones that stand out the most are between Juno, Mark, and Vanessa.

The dialogue can be disconcerting in the beginning, but it rounds itself out after multiple characters are introduced. Cody has done a good job of maintaining realism in the way the teenagers interact. Jason Reitman's direction is well done, and you can certainly feel his hand behind the camera. Many scenes are stylized similar to how he framed scenes for "Thank You for Smoking." The camera pans across the character to a small detail at the last second, keeping the audience watching to see what is going on.

All in all, "Juno" is worth a watch. It's got an artsy feel, but a mainstream story that should keep most audiences entertained. The buzz that carried the movie theatrically continued through award season. Both Diablo Cody and Ellen Page picked up a slew of awards. Most notably, Page won an Independent Spirit Award for "Best Actress" and Cody won an Oscar for her writing. The film itself picked up nominations for the Academy's Best Picture and Best Director, and similar nominations at the Golden Globes.

The film is out on DVD in a special 2 disc version.