Toronto Real Estate Agents | Julie Kinnear

One of the most delightful and insightful movies of 2007 is JUNO, launched last year at the Toronto Film Festival. Made in Vancouver by Jason Reitman with two young Canadian lead actors, Ellen Page and Michael Cera, it is an independent film that has surprised everyone with its success. Juno is a 16 year old smart and quirky high school student who finds herself pregnant after a fumbling sexual experiment with her best male friend Paulie Bleeker. The plot of the film concerns Juno’s decision to find adoptive parents for her baby when it is born. Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman are excellent as the 35+ year old potential parents, Vanessa and Mark. Vanessa yearning for a child and Mark not ready to give up being a child. Olivia Thirlby as Leah, Juno’s best friend, adds the dimension of being one of the cool kids. The musical score is perfectly attuned to the characters and the dialogue by Diablo Cody is so fast and funny that you have to listen carefully to catch it all. The relationships between Juno and her family mirror real life. Accepting, supportive, loving and mystified parents played by JK Simmons and Allison Janney provide a framework for Juno’s growth and struggle to understand love. Well worth going out to see on a cold winter’s night. Highly recommended by Brenda Kinnear (Julie's mom)

• IMDB link: Juno
• Rating: ****½