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'''''Juno''''' is a 2007 American [[List of coming-of-age stories|coming-of-age]] [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Jason Reitman]] and written by [[Diablo Cody]]. [[Elliot Page]]{{efn|name=Elliot}} stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting anher unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. [[Michael Cera]], [[Jennifer Garner]], [[Jason Bateman]], [[Allison Janney]] and [[J. K. Simmons]] also star. Filming spanned from early February to March 2007 in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia. It premiered on September 8 at the 2007 [[Toronto International Film Festival]], receiving a [[standing ovation]].

''Juno'' won the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and earned three other Oscar nominations, includingfor [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for Reitman, and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for 20-year old Page (who was presenting as female at the time, and is the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Actress in a Leading Role|fifthsixth-youngest nominee]] in the category). The film's soundtrack, featuring several songs performed by [[Kimya Dawson]] in various guises, was the first chart-topping soundtrack since ''[[Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture|Dreamgirls]]'' and [[Searchlight Pictures|Fox Searchlight]]'s first number-one soundtrack. ''Juno'' earned back its initial budget of $6.5 million in twenty days, the first nineteen of which were when the film was in [[limited release]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=juno.htm |title=Juno (2007)&nbsp;– Daily Box Office Results |access-date=January 17, 2008 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> It went on to earn $231 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=juno.htm |title=Juno (2007) – Box Office Mojo |website=Box Office Mojo |language=en |access-date=August 18, 2017}}</ref> ''Juno'' received acclaim from critics, many of whom placed the film on their top-ten lists for the year. It has received criticism and praise from members of both the [[United States anti-abortion movement|anti-abortion]] and [[Abortion-rights movements|abortion rights]] communities regarding its treatment of abortion.

In [[Elk River, Minnesota]], sixteen -year -old high-schooler Juno MacGuff discovers she is pregnant byafter sleeping with her friend and longtime admirer Paulie Bleeker. SheOriginally initiallyintending considersto get an [[abortion.]], GoingJuno tovisits a local clinic run by a women's group,clinic sheand encounters a schoolmate outside, who is holding a one-person [[anti-abortion]] vigil. Once inside, Juno finds herself unable to go through with the procedure and decides to give the baby up for adoption instead. With the help of her friend Leah, Juno searches the ads in the ''[[Pennysaver]]'' and finds a childless married couple she feels will provide a suitable home. She tellsinforms her father Mac and stepmother Bren of the pregnancy and her plan, who offer their support. With Mac, Juno meets the couple, Mark and Vanessa Loring, in their expensive [[Saint Cloud, Minnesota|Saint Cloud]] home, and agrees to a [[closed adoption]].

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Vanessa comes to the hospital, where sheand joyfully claims the newborn boy as a single adoptive mother. On the wall in the baby's new nursery, Vanessa has framed Juno's note, which reads: "Vanessa: If you're still in, I'm still in. —Juno." The film ends in the summertime with Juno and Paulie, playingnow guitarin anda singinghappy togetherrelationship, inplaying aguitar happyand relationshipsinging together.

* [[Michael Cera]] as Paulie Bleeker, the father of Juno's child, and Juno's boyfriend

Along with ''[[Knocked Up]]'' and ''[[Waitress (2007 film)|Waitress]]'', two other 2007 films about women facing unplanned pregnancies, ''Juno'' was interpreted by some critics as having an [[anti-abortion]] theme. Ann Hulbert of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' magazine believed that ''Juno'' "[undercut] both pro-life and pro-choice purism."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2180275 |title=Juno and the Culture Wars |access-date=April 5, 2008 |author=Hulbert, Ann |date=December 18, 2007 |magazine=Slate}}</ref> Jeff Dawson of ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' believed that the film was inevitably placed in the "unwanted pregnancy subgenre" with ''Knocked Up'' and ''Waitress'' due to its subject matter but thought that its interpretation as an anti-abortion film only "muddied the waters".<ref name=times/> [[Hadley Freeman]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' criticized ''Juno'' for "complet[ing] a hat-trick of American comedies in the past 12 months that present abortion as unreasonable, or even unthinkable—a telling social sign", though she noted, "I don't believe any of these films is consciously designed to be anti-abortion propaganda."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jan/28/healthandwellbeing.film |title=A choice that films ignore |access-date=April 5, 2008 |author=Freeman, Hadley |date=January 28, 2008 |newspaper=The Guardian |author-link=Hadley Freeman}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]], writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'', agreed that ''Juno'' has "an underlying theme, a message that is not anti-abortion but rather pro-adulthood."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/movies/05juno.html |title=Seeking Mr. and Mrs. Right for a Baby on the Way |access-date=April 5, 2008 |author=Scott, A. O. |date=December 5, 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times |author-link=A. O. Scott}}</ref> Page commented, "What I get most frustrated at is when people call it a pro-life movie, which is just absurd ... The most important thing is the choice is there, and the film completely demonstrates that."<ref name=thestar>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/298588 |title=Juno star has a mind of her own |access-date=April 5, 2008 |author=Howell, Peter |date=January 30, 2008 |newspaper=Toronto Star}}</ref> Cody and Page have openly stated that they are in favor of [[abortion rights]];<ref name=telegraph/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=39821 |title=The Inimitable Ellen Page on Juno |access-date=April 5, 2008 |author=Douglas, Edward |date=December 3, 2007 |publisher=ComingSoon.net |archive-date=April 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403095405/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=39821 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Reitman thought that it was "fantastic" that anti-abortion and abortion rights groups were embracing the film.<ref name=JRsoon>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=39765 |title=Jason Reitman Tackles Teen Pregnancy in Juno |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Douglas, Edward |date=December 7, 2007 |publisher=ComingSoon.net |archive-date=April 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411035106/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=39765 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He said that "''Juno'' seems to be a mirror, and people [on both sides] see themselves in it."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20172306,00.html2008/01/18/juno-has-moviegoers-talking/ |title='Juno' Has Moviegoers Bringing Up Babies |access-date=May 17, 2008 |author=Sperling, Nicole |date=January 18, 2008 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=February 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208053437/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20172306,00.html |url-status=deadlive }}</ref>

[[Diablo Cody]] was first approached to write a screenplay by film producer [[Mason Novick]], who had previously landed her a book deal for her memoir, ''[[Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper]]'', after discovering her blog about stripping.<ref name=EWa-list>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20155516_20155530_20157948,00.html |title=Diablo Cody: From Ex-Stripper to A-Lister |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Valby, Karen |date=November 2, 2007 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=May 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517055615/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20155516_20155530_20157948,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He persuaded her to adapt the book for the screen, but suggested that she first write a screenwriting sample to show studios; that sample became ''Juno''.<ref name=EWa-list/> After deciding on an adoption storyline, Cody collected the stories of adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents, including that of her then-husband, an adoptee who reunited with his birth parents after she wrote the film.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/juno.html |title=Whoa, baby |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Giese, Rachel |date=December 10, 2007 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref> She also found inspiration in the story of a close friend who had become pregnant in high school and used some details from her friend's experience in the film, such as mistreatment from an ultrasound technician.<ref name=times>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3199604.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205053307/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3199604.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2008 |title=Diablo Cody, lap dancer turned ace screenwriter |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Dawson, Jeff |date=January 20, 2008 |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/bfilmb-racy-blogger-gains-oscars-buzz-with-pregnant-teen-film/2008/01/04/1198950056223.html |title=From saucy to sweet |access-date=April 16, 2008 |agency=Associated Press |date=January 5, 2008 |newspaper=The Age}}</ref> Much of ''Juno'', however, was based on Cody's own high school experiences: She dated a [[tic tac (candy)|tic-tac]]-loving boy similar to Paulie,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1576431/story.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217070449/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1576431/story.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 17, 2007 |title='Juno' Cast, Director Credit Diablo Cody's Screenplay For Flick's Early Buzz |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Carroll, Larry |date=December 13, 2007 |publisher=MTV News}}</ref> she was best friends with a cheerleader like Leah, and she used a hamburger phone identical to the one that appears in the film.<ref name=EWa-list/> After writing the screenplay over seven weeks in the [[Starbucks]] section of a [[Target Corporation|Target]] store in [[Crystal, Minnesota]],<ref name=kare11>{{cite web |url=http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=500280 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127135432/http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=500280 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |title=Diablo Cody's Minnesota connections |access-date=July 17, 2010 |author=Klein, Janel |date=February 25, 2008 |publisher=kare11.com}}</ref> Cody compared writing to breathing, seeing Juno as an extension of herself.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3670875/Diablo-CodyI-feel-more-naked-writing-than-I-did-as-a-stripper.html |title=Diablo Cody:'I feel more naked writing than I did as a stripper' |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Hiscock, John |date=February 2, 2008 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>

[[Jennifer Garner]], who accepted a lower salary than usual to prevent the film from exceeding its budget,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/storiesnews/2008juno-director-follows-in-dads-footsteps/02/09/sunday/main3812797.shtml |title="Juno" Director Follows In Dad's Footsteps |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Braver, Rita |date=February 10, 2008 |work=CBS News}}</ref> was confirmed by Reitman to have signed onto the project in January 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1550061/20070116/story.jhtml |title=Movie File: 'Departed' Trilogy, Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell & More |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author1=Adler, Shawn |author2=Carroll, Larry |date=January 17, 2007 |publisher=[[VH1]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070131132015/http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1550061/20070116/story.jhtml |archive-date=January 31, 2007}}</ref> After working with Jason Bateman on ''[[The Kingdom (2007 film)|The Kingdom]]'', Garner recommended him to Reitman when they first met; Bateman was cast as Mark,<ref name=JRsoon/> the last cast member to be signed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flipsidearchive.com/junointerviews2.html |title=The Juno Interviews Part II: Jason Bateman |access-date=April 27, 2014 |author=Vaux, Rob |date=January 27, 2008 |publisher=Flipside Movie Emporium}}</ref> Lucas McFadden, better known as [[Cut Chemist]], a DJ and record producer, makes a cameo appearance as Juno and Paulie's chemistry teacher. McFadden was doing scoring work for Reitman when he received the ''Juno'' screenplay and asked McFadden to appear in the film;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dallas.metromix.com/entertainment/287031 |title=Big-screen chemistry |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Palmer, Tamara |date=January 17, 2008 |publisher=Metromix |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714080554/http://dallas.metromix.com/entertainment/287031 |archive-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref> Reitman thought that it was "perfect irony" for the chemistry teacher to be played by Cut Chemist.<ref name=dvd>{{cite video |people=[[Jason Reitman|Reitman; Jason]]; [[Diablo Cody|Cody, Diablo]] |date=2007 |title=Juno: Audio Commentary by Director Jason Reitman and Writer Diablo Cody |medium=DVD |publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]}}</ref>

Cody was impressed with the production design team's creation of the set from only a few sentences in her script, calling Juno's bedroom "a very emotional set for [me] because it reminded me so much of my own little habitat when I was a teenager."<ref name=DCsoon>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=40048 |title=Juno Screenwriter Diablo Cody |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Douglas, Edward |date=December 13, 2007 |publisher=ComingSoon.net |archive-date=April 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409012902/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=40048 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The walls of Juno's room are covered with posters of bands, while Leah's room includes a mural of older men she finds attractive and Paulie's room is overly childlike to indicate his innocence.<ref name=dvd/> [[Production designer]] Steve Saklad designed Mark and Vanessa's house with the assumption that "Vanessa has probably read every home magazine and tried to copy what's in them as best she could." [[Costume design]]er Monique Prudhomme was nominated for a [[Costume Designers Guild]] Award in the "[[Costume Designers Guild Award for Best Costume Design - Contemporary Film|Excellence in Contemporary Costume Design for Film]]" category.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2008/01/costume-guild-n.html |title=Costume guild nominees: 'Atonement,' 'La Vie en Rose' |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=O'Neil, Tom |date=January 16, 2008 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=February 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214171642/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2008/01/costume-guild-n.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> She dressed Vanessa in clothes that were "simple and very tasteful" but with an "anal-retentive quality" and Mark in conservative clothing to complement Vanessa's taste. It was Page's suggestion that Juno wear flannel shirts and sweater-vests.<ref name=ew/> Page also had to wear two sizes of prosthetic belly fitted like a [[corset]] in the back, a third "real" belly that is seen when Juno has an [[ultrasound]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Bennett |first1=J |date=January 2008 |title=Close-Up |magazine=Alternative Press Magazine |volume=234 |pages=74–75}}</ref> and a variety of sizes of fake breasts.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/interviews/177659/ellen-page-interview.html |title=Ellen Page interview |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Wharton, Kate |date=February 5, 2008 |magazine=Marie Claire |archive-date=August 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830023927/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/interviews/177659/ellen-page-interview.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The footage displayed on Juno's ultrasound monitor is of [[sound designer|supervising sound designer]] Scott Sanders's son Matthew and was embedded into the scene in post-production.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55179 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=[[American Film Institute]] |at=CREDITS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gentile |first=Alex |date=2022-03-30 |title=Juno: Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Movie |url=https://screenrant.com/juno-bts-facts/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en}}</ref>

Anthony Breznican of ''[[USA Today]]'' said in a 2008 article that ''Juno'' is one of three films that were "orchestrated to start off as [[word-of-mouth]] favorites among devoted moviegoers."<ref>Breznican, Anthony. [https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2008-02-21-oscar-box-office_N.htm Box office: Modest films, niche marketing change landscape]." ''[[USA Today]]''. February 22, 2008.</ref> Following ''Juno''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release, Fox Searchlight sent hamburger phones styled similarly to that used by Juno in the film to journalists and critics to entice them to review the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.friendswithbenefitsbook.com/2008/01/27/great-movie-marketing-and-a-hamburger-phone-from-juno/ |title=Great Movie Marketing and a Hamburger Phone From Juno |access-date=October 2, 2008 |author1=Barefoot, Darren |author2=Szabo, Julie |date=January 27, 2008 |publisher=SocialMediaReady.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115102224/http://www.friendswithbenefitsbook.com/2008/01/27/great-movie-marketing-and-a-hamburger-phone-from-juno/ |archive-date=November 15, 2009}}</ref> Though the phones were originally distributed in small numbers to viewers at promotional events, companies not affiliated with Fox Searchlight began to produce and sell the phones on [[eBay]] and other [[online shopping|online store]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/junos-hamburger-phone-sparks-online-sales/2008/02/06/1202233932553.html |title=Juno's hamburger phone sparks online sales |access-date=October 2, 2008 |author=Moses, Asher |date=February 7, 2008 |newspaper=The Age}}</ref><ref name=theprovince>{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=9d359a06-5dda-4898-9f84-c98f5dfc8d49 |title=Hamburger the new accessory |access-date=October 2, 2008 |author=Harris, Misty |date=January 29, 2008 |newspaper=The Province |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126074054/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=9d359a06-5dda-4898-9f84-c98f5dfc8d49 |archive-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref> In the month after the film's release, sales of the phone on eBay increased by 759 percent<ref name=theprovince/> and it was named one of the "10 Cool Gifts for Film Buffs" by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20165615,00.html10-cool-gifts-film-buffs/ |title=10 Cool Gifts for Film Buffs |access-date=October 2, 2008 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=September 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930031625/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20165615,00.html |url-status=deadlive }}</ref> <!--SEE TALK-PAGE NOTE: In Japan Juno-themed [[Be@rbrick]] toys were released in June 2008. The toys were released as part of a contest; the deadline to enter the contest was June 6, 2008.<ref>"[http://movies.foxjapan.com/juno/news/index.html News]." ''Juno'' (Japan website). Accessed October 21, 2008.&nbsp;– Reference text: "本作の公開を記念して、BE＠RBRICKが特別に 「JUNO／ジュノ」オリジナルBE＠RBRICK、 JUNO BE＠RBRICKを作ってくれました！ この世界のどこにも売っていないオリジナル JUNO BE＠RBRICKを、抽選で3名様にプレゼント！ ふるってご応募下さい！-- 応募締切：6月6日(金) プレゼントの応募は締め切りました。たくさんのご応募、ありがとうございました。"</ref>-->

''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 [Elliot] Page's creation of ''Juno''? I don't think so."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/juno-2007 |title=No wrong scenes, no extra scenes and characters you want to hug |access-date=August 3, 2022 |author=Ebert, Roger |date=December 13, 2007 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |author-link=Roger Ebert}}</ref> Ebert placed ''Juno'' at number one on his annual "best of" list. The film also ranks at number 463 in ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's 2008 list of ''The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/500/7.asp |title=The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time |work=empireonline.com |access-date=January 23, 2009}}</ref> Juno MacGuff also ranked number 56 on ''Empire's'' list of ''The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=56 |title=100 Greatest Movie Characters |work=empireonline.com |access-date=April 23, 2010}}</ref> ''[[Paste Magazine]]'' named it one of the 50 Best Movies of the Decade (2000–2009), ranking it at number 15.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Movies of the Decade (2000–2009) |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/11/50-best-movies-of-the-decade-2000-2009.html?p=4 |work=[[Paste Magazine]] |access-date=December 14, 2011 |date=November 3, 2009 |archive-date=October 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017223108/https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/11/50-best-movies-of-the-decade-2000-2009.html?p=4 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In June 2010, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' named Juno one of the 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years: Here's our full list! |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/06/01/100-greatest-characters-of-last-20-years-full-list/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=July 7, 2012 |author=Adam B. Vary |date=June 1, 2010}}</ref>

In 2008, after 17 students under sixteen years of age at a [[Gloucester High School (Massachusetts)|Gloucester, MassachusettsHigh School]], highin school[[Massachusetts]] became pregnant, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine called it the "Juno Effect".<ref>Kingsbury, Kathleen (June 18, 2008) [https://web.archive.org/web/20080619140446/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html "Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High."] ''Time''.</ref> ''Time'' stated that some adults dismissed the statistic as an [[outlier]] while others accused films such as ''Juno'' and ''[[Knocked Up]]'' for glamorizing [[teenage pregnancy]]. Kristelle Miller, an Adolescent Psychology Professor at [[University of Minnesota-Duluth]] stated that "[t]he {{'}}''Juno'' effect' is how media glamorizes pregnancy and how [...]&nbsp;pregnancy is also redemptive of any past problems".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/27783044.html |title=The Juno Effect |date=August 6, 2010 |work=[[Northland's NewsCenter]] |publisher=[[Granite Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=September 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929004030/http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/27783044.html |archive-date=September 29, 2011}}</ref>

After Senator [[John McCain]] named Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]] as his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket, it was revealed in September 2008 that Gov. Palin's daughter, [[Bristol Palin|Bristol]], age 17, was pregnant with the child of another teenager. News reports and editorials termed Bristol Palin's pregnancy as the latest episode in the debate over teen pregnancy of which ''Juno'' was a part,<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Kranish |title=Palin's daughter, 17, is pregnant |url=https://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/09/02/palins_daughter_17_is_pregnant/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed5 |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=September 2, 2008 |access-date=September 19, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Unplanned |url=https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/5980101.html |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=September 2, 2008 |access-date=September 19, 2008}}</ref> while conservative commentators made comparisons between Bristol Palin's pregnancy and the film.<ref name = "Leon"/><ref name = "Roger"/> Noted ''New Republic'' literary editor [[Leon Wieseltier]], "The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] wanted a new conversation, and they got one. ''Juno'' in [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]]!"<ref name = "Leon">{{cite magazine |first=Leon |last=Wieseltier |title=Washington Diarist |url=http://www.tnr.com/article/washington-diarist-42 |magazine=New Republic |date=September 2, 2008 |access-date=September 19, 2008}}</ref> [[Fox News]]' [[Roger Friedman]] wondered, "''Juno'' at once violated and vindicated conservative values. The question is, will the public rally 'round [[Bristol Palin]] the way it did Juno? Or will it reject her for getting in this situation in the first place?"<ref name="Roger">{{cite news |first=Roger |last=Friedman |title=The 'Juno' effect strikes again |url=httphttps://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414824,00.htmlthe-juno-effect-strikes-again |work=Foxnews |date=September 2, 2008 |access-date=September 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912091718/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414824,00.html |archive-date=September 12, 2008 |url-status=deadlive}}</ref>

In light of [[Georgia House Bill 481|Georgia's anti-abortion law]], Diablo Cody said in 2019 she would not have written ''Juno'' now that people perceive it as an "anti-choice" film.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fang |first=Marina |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/diablo-cody-juno-abortion_n_5cdd9ab6e4b09648227cc2e2 |title=Diablo Cody Says She Wouldn't Have Written 'Juno' In Today's 'Hellish Alternate Reality' |work=The Huffington Post |date=2019-05-16 |access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref> In 2022, she said, "Back in 2008, I got a letter from some administrator at my Catholic high school thanking me for writing a movie that was in line with the school’s values. And I was like: 'What have I done?' My objective as an artist is to be a traitor to that culture, not to uplift it," but also, "I have no regrets about writing the movie. I do think it’s important that I continue to clarify my feelings about it because the last thing I would ever want is for someone to interpret the movie as anti-choice. That is a huge paranoia of mine. I’ve never really thought about revisiting the film — it kind of feels like something that should stay preserved in amber. But I would rather have this account be out there than {{sic|hide=y|[my]}} silence being misinterpreted" (square brackets in original).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Evan Nicole |title=Diablo Cody Meditates on ‘Juno’'Juno' and Its Critics 15 Years Later: 'I Am Emphatically Pro-Choice' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/juno-movie-15-years-later-diablo-cody-roe-1235178240/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=22 April 2023 |date=15 July 2022}}</ref>

*1st&nbsp;– ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' magazine staff<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/11/signs-of-life-2007-best-films.html |title=Signs of Life 2007: Best Films |magazine=Paste |access-date=June 12, 2008 |date=November 28, 2007 |archive-date=October 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004205503/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/11/signs-of-life-2007-best-films.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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| rowspan="6"| [[Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2007|Austin Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://austinfilmcritics.org/2007-awards-bf9fcbbe2abf |title=2007 Austin Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Austin Film Critics Association]] |access-date=December 20, 2007 |archive-date=September 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907063432/https://austinfilmcritics.org/2007-awards-bf9fcbbe2abf?gi=f46c40eb8514 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| rowspan="3"| [[9th Canadian Comedy Awards|Canadian Comedy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2008 |title=9th Canadian Comedy Awards |website=[[Canadian Comedy Awards]] |access-date=October 5, 2008 |archive-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180802152353/https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| rowspan="4"| Central[[Chicago OhioFilm Critics Association Awards 2007|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cofcachicagofilmcritics.org/awards-2007blog/archives |title=The1988-2013 6thAward AnnualWinner CentralArchives Ohio|website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]] |websitedate=CentralJanuary Ohio Film Critics Association2013 |access-date=JanuaryAugust 1124, 20082021}}</ref>

| [[L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.festival-alpedhuez.com/image/archives/POP_ARCHIVES2008.jpg |title=11th L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival |website=[[L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival]] |access-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207190844/https://www.festival-alpedhuez.com/image/archives/POP_ARCHIVES2008.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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| [[2007 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]]<ref name="a">{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/scanners/tiff-2007-the-award-winners |title=TIFF 2007: THE AWARD-WINNERS |date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=11 October 2013}}</ref>

''Juno''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[film soundtrack|soundtrack]], ''[[Juno (soundtrack)|Music from the Motion Picture Juno]]'', was released December 11, 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theplaylist.net/juno-soundtrack-coming-via-rhino-on-20071126/ |title=Juno Soundtrack Arriving Digitally December 11 - Tracklist Revealed |website=theplaylist.net |date=November 26, 2007 |access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> features nineteen songs from [[Barry Louis Polisar]], [[Belle & Sebastian]], [[Buddy Holly]], [[Cat Power]], [[The Kinks]], [[Mott the Hoople]], [[Sonic Youth]] and [[The Velvet Underground]], and most prominently [[Kimya Dawson]] and her former bands [[The Moldy Peaches]] and [[Antsy Pants]]. Under the [[Rhino Entertainment]] record label, it became the first number one soundtrack since the ''[[Dreamgirls (film)|Dreamgirls]]'' [[Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture|soundtrack]], [[20th Century Fox]]'s first number one soundtrack since the ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' [[Titanic (soundtrack)|soundtrack]], and Rhino's first number one album, topping the American [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] music charts in its fourth week of release.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046692/juno-unseats-keys-from-atop-album-chart |title='Juno' Unseats Keys From Atop Album Chart |access-date=April 16, 2008 |author=Hasty, Katie |date=January 30, 2008 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

Rhino announced in March 2008 that ''[[Juno (soundtrack)#Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs|Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs]]'' would be available through digital-only release, a second volume of songs that were considered for but not included in the film. The fifteen tracks include songs by previously featured artists Kimya Dawson, Barry Louis Polisar, Belle & Sebastian and Buddy Holly, as well as [[Astrud Gilberto]], The Bristols, Jr. James & The Late Guitar, [[Trio Los Panchos]], [[Yo La Tengo]] and Page singing "Zub Zub", written by Diablo Cody as part of the script in a deleted scene.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/04/rhino-to-release-juno-bsides-exclusively-on-itunes.html |title=Rhino to release Juno B-Sides exclusively on iTunes |access-date=April 30, 2008 |author=Hansen, Christina |date=April 1, 2008 |magazine=Paste |archive-date=June 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606074420/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/04/rhino-to-release-juno-bsides-exclusively-on-itunes.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rhino also released a [[Juno (soundtrack)#Deluxe Edition Soundtrack|Deluxe Edition]], on November 25, 2008, containing both the original soundtrack as well as B-Sides in a two-disc set, along with storyboards from the film and additional liner notes from Reitman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thespacelab.tv/spaceLAB/2008/11November/MusicNews-31-Juno.htm |title=Juno Proved Grand Movies Require Grander Soundtracks |access-date=November 29, 2008 |author=Mannering, Christy |date=November 23, 2008 |publisher=TheSpaceLab.tv |archive-date=February 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214061219/http://www.thespacelab.tv/spaceLAB/2008/11November/MusicNews-31-Juno.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Although uncredited and not featured on the soundtrack, Page and Bateman's characters perform an acoustic version of [[Hole (band)|Hole]]'s "[[Doll Parts]]" in the film.

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