Juno

Juno (2007) | Rating: $4.25 / $5.00

Earlier this night I caught a screening of 'Juno', the new cutesy-comedy directed by Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking). It comes with an awesome soundtrack littered with songs by Belle & Sebastian, Sonic Youth, and Kimya Dawson.

People are saying it's this year's "Little Miss Sunshine", whatever that means, and it totally has a Wes Anderson feel. The film's also got that priceless darling buzz that surrounds films made by independent artists with little known actors, which eventually to be box office killers.

The story was a cute exploration of life and love, bookmarked by hilarity, and driven by characters surrounding the protagonist, Juno. In it, a 16 year old girl gets knocked up, breaks the news to her friends and family, then deals with the ups and downs of a high school pregnancy in a snarky yet hilarious way.

What's left is something that you'll be recommending to everybody.

Because it was a screening (the film releases this Wednesday, Dec. 5), Fox Searchlight was handing out free T-shirts and pens designed as positive pregnancy tests. When the movie ended, people rushed out of the theatre to get their free shit. If you tripped, you were guarenteed to be trampled, dead, and probably shirtless within a matter of minutes.

We came home and my girlfriend got our roommate Amanda pretty good with the pen, pretending her preg. test was a big ol' plus sign and asking how the hell she was going to tell me. Amanda's response: "Oh. my. fucking. God!".

Anyways, here's a link to /Film's soundtrack list (it comes out Dec. 15), and enjoy the trailer below.