Starring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman
Directed by: Jason Reitman
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Video: 1.85:1 widescreen enhanced for 16:9, 1080p HD
Audio: English DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1; English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Audio commentary with Director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody; four featurettes (“Way Beyond Our Maturity Level: Juno-Leah-Bleeker”; “Diablo Cody is Totally Boss”; “Jason Reitman for Shizz” and “Honest to Blog! Creating Juno”); eleven deleted scenes with optional commentary; gag reel; gag take; screen tests; cast & crew music video; “World Premiere” and “Casting Sessions” bonus featurettes; Digital DVD copy feature
Length: 96 minutes
Movie Rating: **** AV Quality Rating: ***1/2
An Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay, “Juno” is the story of Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page), an opinionated teenager forced to make some very adult decisions regarding her unplanned pregnancy. After she and her shy boyfriend Bleeker (Michael Cera) learn of the pregnancy, Juno decides to forgo an abortion and instead have the baby. Juno elects to give her baby up for adoption and sets out to find the perfect adoptive parents. Through an advertisement she read in the local paper, Juno finds a yuppie couple (Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman) who seem to fit the bill. As her pregnancy progresses however, the couple may not be as perfect as they originally appeared and Juno must ultimately determine who will be the best caregiver for her child. I thought this film was funny and a refreshing take on the typical teen comedy. Acting from the entire cast was entirely first-rate. Ellen Page is talented beyond her years and well-deserving of Best Actress Oscar nomination that she received. Highly recommended.
The high definition video quality of this Blu-ray DVD is very good. Images are clean with fairly sharp detail. Blacks are consistently deep throughout the movie. Colors are warm and rich with well-saturated hues. Other than the stylized film grain that is present, picture defect mastering is solid with no major flaws or compression artifacts. The overall audio quality is also very good with the English DTS 5.1 track. The soundtrack favors the forward soundstage. Dialogue, which plays a very crucial role in this film, is intelligible and firmly rooted in the center channel. The surround channels are selectively utilized for both ambient sound effects and the music score. The low frequency effects channel is tight and punchy.
— Calvin Harding Jr.
