So maybe Juno tries a little too hard, is a little too deliberately quirky and off in its rhythms, but it’s undeniably sweet and touching — and, I think it’s safe to say, one of the best films I’ve seen this year. It says something about a film when I’m genuinely sorry to leave its characters behind when it’s over.
Here’s Scott Tobias on the movie:
[Jennifer] Garner, in particular, has found the right role to capitalize on her high-strung, hyper-driven screen persona; her excitement over being a mother would be overbearing if it weren’t also so heartbreakingly sincere. That’s Juno‘s appeal in a nutshell: It comes off as calculatedly irreverent at times, and its Wes Anderson-isms are too precious by half, but its sweetness is genuine and next-to-impossible to resist.
It’s not a perfect film, no matter what Roger Ebert may say about it…but then again, neither are Wes Anderson movies.
I really loved it. But then, I really loved I Am Legend and would put both on my best of the year list. So take that for what you will.
OFF-TOPIC:
I just noticed that I’m not receiving your blog at my LJ any more. Can you fix this? Or must I remember to stop by this page occasionally?
I guess you’re using this syndicated feed? No, there’s really nothing I can do about that. I’m not entirely clear how I got the feed working in the first place, and I’m no longer a paid Livejournal member — which I’d need to be, if I wanted to create a new syndicated feed.
At least, that’s how I understand it.
I can only recommend you follow the blog by visiting it or using the rss feed in another news aggregator. Although I suppose another LJ paid member could probably create a syndicated feed for the new WordPress blog, if they were so inclined.