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* [[Elliot Page]]{{efn|name=Elliot}} as Juno MacGuff, the birth mother, Paulie's girlfriend
* [[Michael Cera]] as Paulie Bleeker, the father of Juno's child
* [[Jennifer Garner]] as Vanessa Loring, Mark's wife and the prospective adoptive mother of Juno's child
* [[Jason Bateman]] as Mark Loring, Vanessa's husband and the prospective adoptive father of Juno's child
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===Critical reaction===
''Juno'' received highly positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a 94% approval rating from critics based on 217 reviews, with an average rating of 8.10/10. The site's consensus states, "One of the brightest, funniest comedies of the year, ''Juno''{{'}}s smart script and direction are matched by assured performances in a coming of age story with a 21st century twist."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/juno/ |title=Juno (2007) |access-date=March 5, 2022 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> making it the best reviewed comedy film on the website in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/rtawards/?category=comedy&rank=1 |title=1—Juno |access-date=June 12, 2008 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602090814/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/rtawards/?category=comedy&rank=1 |archive-date=June 2, 2008}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film had an average score of 81 out of 100, based on 38 reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/juno |title=Juno (2007): Reviews |access-date=December 28, 2007 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film four stars and called it "just about the best movie of the year. ... Has there been a better performance this year than
However, not all critics share the positive view towards ''Juno''. [[David Edelstein]] of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine felt that the film was desperate to be "a movie that confers hipness on teens, that makes kids want to use the same slang and snap up the soundtrack".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://nymag.com/movies/reviews/41541/index1.html |title=Melodrama in Distress |access-date=June 10, 2008 |author=Edelstein, David |date=November 30, 2007 |magazine=New York |author-link=David Edelstein}}</ref> Music reviewer [[Jim DeRogatis]] criticized the film's stylized dialogue and what he saw as a casual take on abortion and Juno's naïveté in becoming pregnant, claiming: "As an unapologetically old-school feminist, the father of a soon-to-be-teenage daughter, a reporter who regularly talks to actual teens as part of his beat and a plain old moviegoer, I hated, hated, hated this movie."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2008/01/why_juno_is_antirock.html |title=Why "Juno" is anti-rock |access-date=June 10, 2008 |author=DeRogatis, Jim |date=January 8, 2008 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |author-link=Jim DeRogatis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821083920/http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2008/01/why_juno_is_antirock.html |archive-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref>
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Sara Morton, the head of the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television]], issued a statement explaining that the film had never been submitted for Genie Award consideration by its studio.<ref name="van sun">{{cite news |last=Andrews |first=Marke |title=No Genie nominations for Vancouver's ''Juno'' |newspaper=The Vancouver Sun |date=February 29, 2008 |url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=fd0f69cc-a564-413f-9535-d25f0546d1c2 |access-date=April 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502023357/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=fd0f69cc-a564-413f-9535-d25f0546d1c2 |archive-date=May 2, 2008}}</ref> ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' explained that Genie rules define Canadian films as financed at least in part by Canadian sources, and because American companies Mandate Pictures and Fox Searchlight were the sole funders, ''Juno'' was ineligible.<ref name="van sun" /> Nonetheless, Genie spokesman Chris McDowall said that while the film was not evaluated for eligibility since it was not submitted, "Financing is one of the criteria, but it's not everything."<ref name="van sun" /> Despite this, the film was eligible for the 2008 [[Canadian Comedy Awards]], receiving two wins from three nominations.<ref name="CCAresults">{{cite web |title=Our 2008 Canadian Comedy Award recipients |url=http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php?year=2008 |access-date=December 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018204942/http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php?year=2008 |archive-date=October 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="CCAnom">{{cite web |title=Nominees announced |url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=77e1e7df-63b2-4c17-b397-779feb141699&sponsor= |publisher=Canada.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215244/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=77e1e7df-63b2-4c17-b397-779feb141699&sponsor= |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |date=June 4, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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