Metacritic Movie Ratings
Juno Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  With its original performances that can't be reduced to simplistic labels, Juno is charming, honest and terrifically acted.

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• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  A fresh, quirky, unusually intelligent comedy.

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• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  A blithe charmer balanced somewhere between a life-should-be-so-neat fairy tale and a life's-a-real-bitch tragicomedy, leaves political debate at the ticket counter and focuses solely on what it's like for Juno MacGuff to be Juno MacGuff.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Juno respects the idiosyncrasies of its characters rather than exaggerating them or holding them up for ridicule.

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• 80

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  An ultra-smart-mouthed comedy about a planned adoption that goes weirdly awry.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  Deceptively superficial at the outset, the movie deepens into something poignant and unexpected.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  Cody's dialogue has a definite rhythm and Reitman directs his actors to deliver the words in the rapid-fire precision of a '30s screwball comedy. Indeed all scenes develop a rhythm and inner logic that bring the movie to often startling revelations and insights.

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