The Movie Juno Is Not Only Cute And Quirky - 1698 Words

The movie Juno is not only cute and quirky, but is also a depiction of psychological issues adolescence face in development. The film presents a variety of themes including, but not limited to, love, responsibility, and teen pregnancy. These themes relate to various areas in psychological development of adolescence, but perhaps the most prevalent theme that Juno displays is adolescent pregnancy and the difficult choices that must be made. The film opens with the protagonist Juno Macguff discovering that she is pregnant after an off beat one night stand with her friend Paulie Bleeker (Malkovich, Halfon, Novick, Smith, Reitman, 2007). After the discovery Juno initially decides to terminate the pregnancy, but when she arrives at the abortion clinic she runs into a protester who tells her the baby has finger nails (Malkovich et al., 2007). Although this is bothersome to Juno she continues into the clinic but once inside she feels alienated by the bureaucracy of the clinic, and ult imately decides not to go through with the abortion(Malkovich et al., 2007). After leaving the clinic Juno talks to her friend Leah who helps Juno decide to give her baby up for adoption (Malkovich et al., 2007). Juno immediately begins searching ads and finds a suitable home for her baby. She then proceeds to tell her parents Mac and Bren that she is pregnant and wants to give the baby up for adoption (Malkovich et al., 2007). Her parents offer their support and accompany Juno to meet