Realizing she can no longer deny the facts, the expectant teen, with support from her girlfriend Leah (Olivia Thirlby), finally confesses her condition to her dad (J.K. (We see the event in repeated flashbacks that include near nudity.) The reason for this change in their platonic relationship is unclear but the positive reading on each of the three pregnancy tests Juno takes at the local drugstore is certain. Whether out of boredom or sheer experimentation, long time friends Juno MacDuff (Ellen Page) and Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera) decide to do it one night. But in this case it happens to be a pregnancy bump. It too is about the bumps and pitfalls of adolescent life. Juno is fresh and quirky in much the same way as Napoleon Dynamite, another independent film from 2004.
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