Jason Reitman
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Jason Reitman
- 2008 Golden Globe-Musical/Comedy nominee
- 2008 MTV-Movie nominee
- 2008 Oscar-Picture nominee
- Score: 18.58
Meet Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page)—a confidently frank teenage girl who calls the shots with a nonchalant cool and an effortless attitude as she journeys through an emotional nine-month adventure into adulthood. Quick witted and distinctively unique, Juno walks to her own tune. But underneath her tough, no-nonsense exterior is just a teenage girl trying to figure it all out.
While most girls at Dancing Elk High School are updating their MySpace page or shopping at the mall, Juno is a whip-smart Minnesota teen living by her own rules. A typically boring afternoon becomes anything but when Juno decides to have her first sexual experience with the charmingly unassuming Bleeker (Michael Cera).
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 courtesy of the local Penny Saver. They set their sights on Mark and Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), an affluent suburban couple who are longing to adopt their first child.
Luckily, Juno has the support of her dad and stepmother (J.K.…
Jason Reitman
WARNING: Thank You For Smoking “just might make you laugh your head off!” (Maxim).
Aaron Eckhart stars as Nick Naylor, a sexy, charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who’ll fight to protect America’s right to smoke—even if it kills him—while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator (William H. Macy) bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick’s powers of “filtering the truth” will be put to the test. As Nick says, “If you want an easy job, go work for the Red Cross.”
