JUNO Galas

While most girls in Dancing Elk, Minnesota are updating their MySpace pages or shopping at the mall, Juno, a whip-smart teen, lives by her own rules.

A typically boring afternoon becomes anything but when Juno has sex with the charmingly unassuming Bleeker (Michael Cera of SUPERBAD). Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, she and best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) hatch a plan to find Juno’s unborn baby the perfect set of parents via the local Penny Saver. They set their sights on Mark and Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), an affluent suburban couple longing to adopt their first child. After the initial shock, Juno’s dad and stepmother (J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney) band together to help. Dad accompanies Juno to size-up the prospective adoptive parents and make sure they are not a couple of “wing nuts.” But as Juno moves closer and closer to her due date, the veneer of Mark and Vanessa’s idyllic life starts to show signs of cracking.

With an intellect far above the usual teen angst, Juno conquers her problems head-on, displaying a youthful exuberance both smart and unexpected. JUNO is superbly directed by Jason Reitman (THANK YOU FOR SMOKING) from a script by Diablo Cody (CANDY GIRL).