Juno (2007)
I included this category after discussing my list with my wife. She was of the opinion there could have been a category for Best Judd Apatow Film of the Decade. I chose to go in a slightly other direction, as you can plainly see. While this film may be for adults, I definitely would qualify it as a teen film at heart, even though it is rated R (much like The Breakfast Club).
Juno is the little film that could. It made stars of Ellen Page and Diablo Cody (screenwriter turned EW columnist) and made Jason Reitman a bankable Hollywood director. Unfortunately, as perfect as Michael Cera is in the film, it typecast him in such a way he has yet to do anything else that doesn’t remind you of his character in this film (or as George Michael Bluth in Arrested Devlopment, one of the greatest TV shows of the decade).
While there is quite a bit I could say about this film, what stands out isn’t the actual film itself, it’s that I have listed Jason Reitman’s last three films in my list of the decade’s best (Up in the Air and Thank You for Smoking). I never noticed I was such a fan. If someone asked me who my favorite directors are, I would name, without hesitation, Martin Scorsese. If I thought about the question (as I am doing now), I would probably also mention Frank Capra, John Ford, Steven Spielberg, Sidney Lumet, Oliver Stone, Francis Ford Coppola, and Quentin Tarantino.
Maybe I should give more love to Reitman, and if I were you and I hadn’t seen any of his films, I would say rent two for a double feature and then get to the theater to catch Up in the Air.
I included this category after discussing my list with my wife. She was of the opinion there could have been a category for Best Judd Apatow Film of the Decade. I chose to go in a slightly other direction, as you can plainly see. While this film may be for adults, I definitely would qualify it as a teen film at heart, even though it is rated R (much like The Breakfast Club).
Juno is the little film that could. It made stars of Ellen Page and Diablo Cody (screenwriter turned EW columnist) and made Jason Reitman a bankable Hollywood director. Unfortunately, as perfect as Michael Cera is in the film, it typecast him in such a way he has yet to do anything else that doesn’t remind you of his character in this film (or as George Michael Bluth in Arrested Devlopment, one of the greatest TV shows of the decade).
While there is quite a bit I could say about this film, what stands out isn’t the actual film itself, it’s that I have listed Jason Reitman’s last three films in my list of the decade’s best (Up in the Air and Thank You for Smoking). I never noticed I was such a fan. If someone asked me who my favorite directors are, I would name, without hesitation, Martin Scorsese. If I thought about the question (as I am doing now), I would probably also mention Frank Capra, John Ford, Steven Spielberg, Sidney Lumet, Oliver Stone, Francis Ford Coppola, and Quentin Tarantino.
Maybe I should give more love to Reitman, and if I were you and I hadn’t seen any of his films, I would say rent two for a double feature and then get to the theater to catch Up in the Air.
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