My younger sister was in Juno’s shoes when she was a teenager. Neither her nor the dad were ready so they went the adoption route too. I was in the delivery room when she gave birth and it was truly the moment of a lifetime. I got to hold him for a brief moment, they asked her if she wanted a few moments with him to say goodbye but she said she was scared if she held him she’d never be able to let him go. It was such an emotional ordeal. She still gets updates from the couple and she’s very happy he’s growing up with loving parents. So everytime I watch this movie, the ending never fails to bring me to tears. One of my favorite movies and my sister’s as well
My story is very similar. My biological mom had me around 15/16 years old. Neither her nor my biological dad were ready, so I was adopted by my parents. I’ve never known any different. I still keep in contact with my biological mom; talked with her last Mothers’ Day.
@@marquisdesade3025that’s good to hear 🙂 I’ve never been in those shoes before. But I hope you and your biological mom have a good relationship now. What about your bio dad, do you talk to him or does your mom still talk to him?
@@nsasupporter7557 we’re not close or anything but we do have a relationship, that’s something. And I’ve honestly never really felt different for being adopted, but that’s probably because my adoptive parents never made it a secret or shameful or whatever. Not sure about my bio dad. All I know about him is information I have from an adoption packet I have which is like… sort of a collection of medical records on me as a baby, as well as some brief (a sentence or two a piece) description of some of my bio family at the time I was born. He taught English in Asia at some point after high school 🤷♂️ lol
This movie was filmed at my old house (Paulie's house) that I lived at for 27 years and moved from like 6 months ago. People would sit on the front steps and recreate the final scene of them playing guitar on the steps for years after the movie released. Also yes it was filmed in Vancouver/Whistler
@@CallOfCutie69 it probably could have but it was my parents house and they along with the realtor decided to leave it out, there were also a few episodes of the show stargate filmed there too
@@CallOfCutie69 it definitely wouldn't have added that much the movie was released years ago and the demographic of buyers wouldn't have cared about if movies/shows were filmed there
One line that is always overlooked, "Paulie Bleeker has just broken a district record." Then he runs from the finish line to the hospital to be with Juno. It's too precious.
Any young girl who finds herself in this situation deserves the love and support from their family that Juno gets. Her dad telling her one day she'll be back there on her terms makes me cry every time. Society makes teen pregnancy such a dirty shameful thing, and imo it shouldn't be. It's perhaps not ideal, but girls shouldn't be made to feel like absolute shit for something that's already scary for them.
I like how you commented on how ambiguous Mark was in the beginning. "Is he not excited, or is he just not emotive?" Really, if that's a line that a filmmaker wants to blur, they could not cast a better actor than Jason Bateman.
The funny thing is that the director of this movie (Jason Reitman) was an executive producer of WHIPLASH, which explains why JK Simmons was cast in that movie. You could say that JUNO indirectly helped him secure the Oscar for WHIPLASH.
I'm now noticing that in the end Vanessa chose a specific shade of yellow for the wall. the same yellow as Juno's note. Either that happened after she read the note or it was foreshadowing. which one do you guys think in either cases, to me, that's pretty cool
Agreed, my fave Paul Rudd movie. Plenty of stars you'll love, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Jon Favreau, and Canada's own, Rush! Simmons as Paul Rudd's dad, it's everything u want.
Winner of the Best Original Screenplay Oscar. It was ironically the only lighthearted Best Picture nominee of the entire group, given the fact that the other 4 nominees that year were ALL serious dramas (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, ATONEMENT, and MICHAEL CLAYTON). Jon Stewart famously made a joke about it in his Oscar host monologue.
"Juno was filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia,[40] standing in for Minnesota, where production was originally intended to take place" according to Wiki
She had a run for about 10 years of great movies. Problem is the ones she was the main star (and phenomenal) no one really saw, and the ones people did see like Juno she wasn't the standout. She should be up there with Emma Stone as A list actresses from that generation of breakouts.
This movie is fantastic - nice job y'all! When Diablo Cody won the Oscar for Best Screenplay, she gave a very sweet, heartfelt acceptance speech. This is also one of the best closing scenes to a movie ever!
Shot in Vancouver, fictionally set in suburban Minneapolis. They did a reasonably good job of keeping mountains and 300-foot pine trees and the Pacific ocean out of the background.
When I saw this in 2007, most people didn’t think Mark was a creep or a groomer but fast forward to now, and that’s just generally how we see of a lot of behaviors, but the writer Diablo Cody was very against this portrayal she said this about mark and Juno’s relationship “while their feelings for each other remain overall platonic, Juno is in love with the idea of being an adult while Mark is in love with the idea of being young And it isn't until he reveals he's leaving Vanessa that their worldviews clash and these feelings projected onto each other are unable to find any solid basis or hold, and they crumble”. Which is more interesting and has more depth than “ he’s a creepy guy trying to get with a teenager”
@KaiLucasZachary I agree with you that Mark should be held to a higher standard because ostensibly, he has more agency and maturity, but I don't think the comentor above is advocating support for him or that undestanding his motivations "negates his creepiness." I think the point is whether you can see anything else besides that major character flaw, which is an open-ended question posed toward the audience in this film.
When I saw this movie, I had no problem with Juno and Mark's relationship. I just felt they were two people with common interests and temperaments, but just of different ages. It occurred to me how uncomfortable it would seem to others, given the circumstances. Mark struck me as an "old teenager" who was still trying to find himself.
@@KaiLucasZachary I totally understand what you’re saying, but when the writer said flirting, she didn’t mean in a romantic sense, It’s an expression like people who flirt with disaster. It doesn’t mean they’re trying to amorously attract disaster. This is an excerpt from the commentary of the movie by Reitman and Cody “while their feelings for each other remain overall platonic, Juno is in love with the idea of being an adult while Mark is in love with the idea of being young”. The characters weren’t written or directed to have any type of romantic relationship, but I totally understand why it could be misinterpreted as something more.
@@Jackiepapersthat might be what they intended. 18:22 is a good example of why what he’s doing is clearly flirting and inappropriate. It doesn’t matter if a writer thinks what they wrote is harmless when what they show clearly isn’t. They flirted and then got scared when it became real, rightfully so. Most older movies thought what they did was fine but 14 year olds were also seen as adults, too, and we now know they aren’t. Times change, we (hopefully) evolve. Especially teenagers have more rights and protective laws now. Just watch a movie like Love, Actually. It’s still entertaining but almost every relationship in that movie is terrible for one or both parties.
At the risk of overgeneralizing, Juno is set in Elk River, Minnesota, which I think contributes to the parents somewhat tame reactions to her announcement and how "roll with the punches" everyone is. I grew up in MN and lived in Elk River and surrounding towns in high school around when this came out, and I thought their portrayal was spot on. Not that kids were getting knocked up left or right or whatever, but that Midwesterners tend to just forge straight ahead when things go sideways. Flipping out doesn't fix anything. Of course that was just my own experience.
Such a great movie. I watched this in the theater with my drinking buddy and we both had a blast. We walked out expressing a little more hope for humanity and wished more movies were as creative and thoughtful as this one. Also, it was a huge success on a small budget. You'd think movie executives would want to buy low and sell high (you know, because their job is to make $$), but like most people playing the market, they spend a lot of time losing big because they follow trends and try to "hack the system". It blows my mind how they spend hundreds of millions on lackluster retellings of famous stories instead of taking low budget stories and giving them a shine-up. It's completely bonkers how backwards the system is, that movies like this are such a rarity. Oh well. At least we got this one.
I also saw it in theaters with my family. They let me pick the movie and I may have left out that it was about a pregnant teen lol I wanted to see it because of Elliot Page and Michael Cera 🤣
Oscar-winning debut script by Diablo Cody who next time out wrote the fine horror/comedy "Jennifer's Body." She's written a number of films and a Broadway musical since. As for J.K. Simmons comedies, check out the underrated Coen Brothers film "The Ladykillers" (2004) which stars Tom Hanks as the leader of an eccentric crew of robbers. Simmons is very funny in this colorful, slapstick comedy.
In addition to having the full range as a screen actor, J.K. Simmons is also a master of the theater! He starred in the Broadway revival of Guys & Dolls with Nathan Lane. Check out the cast recording if you want to hear him sing! =D
I was Juno's age when this movie came out. My best friend and I saw it in theaters at least 10 times! (Only because at a local theater - tickets were $2 each!!) It remains one of my favorites of all time. I quote it far too often! The Kraken line was even my senior quote! 😂 Be sure to watch the deleted scenes- they're hilarious!
Canadian films: Last Night, Pontypool, The Grey Fox. Oz films: Flirting, Careful He Might Hear You, The Last Wave. NZ: Heavenly Creatures, The Quiet Earth.
You guys need to check out Billy Elliott. Small budget. Story hits strong emotionally. I wonder why people don't talk about it anymore. It was big when it came out
That's the 1st time I ever saw Elliot and I needed to see everything he'd ever been in after that! I also got a red hoodie like his that I wore every day 😂
You should check out I Love You, Man. One of my favorite comedies with so many quotable lines! JK Simmons plays a dad in that as well and although it’s a small role he’s hilarious in it. Absolutely love that film and I think you all would really enjoy it..
Red M&Ms used to be colored with Red Dye No. 5. It was considered to be potentially toxic in some studies. They pulled them from production until a substitute was found. The insect thing is just urban legend.
Vanessa was crushing Mark's identity, "ironing out" things that she thought were uncouth or remnants of childish things to be left behind. When they were just stuff that he loved and still does. Mark was struggling with loving Vanessa dearly, but still wanting to keep the things he loves. Juno saw the value in his hobbies and likes and was genuinely intrigued by them. Mark probably hadn't felt genuine acceptance in years, so was naturally drawn to Juno. I don't think it was sexual or inappropriate, just a desire to be understood and appreciated.
Honestly, you have to feel for Mark a bit. His wife puts all his passions and belongings in a storage room. She doesn't like him sitting around and watching his favorite movies in his own home. She wears his old band t-shirts to paint a room because she doesn't care if they get dirty. She claims his dreams are nothing more than childish fantasies... You can tell he slowly started to resent her over time and probably dealt with the repression for an extended period. It's a good lesson that no matter how picture-perfect a marriage can look in a photograph, and even in person, it's not always so. They had no real communication.
@@blakemeads9225 You say that, but I'm fairly sure that his wife, based on her personality, was not the type to care if she's routinely putting down his entire existence. It sounds like he DID voice his concerns and after thousands of concessions, the best he could hope for was a room to put his stuff dedicated to his passions. It was a compromise. I think Mark probably sacrificed a lot more than she did to make that relationship work and, in the end, he thought he found a way out. I get the feeling she was very conservative and upper-class compared to Mark, who was more of a middle class free-spirit who worked hard to land a girl like her. But sometimes these things don't work out. Human beings aren't black and white. So let's not judge people so rashly. Marriages almost NEVER work out. Divorce is very, very common.
I don't care for her attitude, but I agree that he's being mature. If you don't make it in music by the time you're 25 the odds of it happening are basically nonexistent and he doesn't even appear to be taking steps to try to make it happen.
@@blakemeads9225 Exactly. Maybe he should have spoken up and said something, communicated his thoughts like a mature person. Instead he stays quiet and builds resentment that could be avoided, isn’t ready to be a father yet says nothing and tells a 16 year old girl about it before his own wife and is also doing very inappropriate things with that 16 year old. Nah, dude is trash.
I can relate to seeing familiar places in movies and shows. There are actually quite a few things filmed in the college town where I live called Hammond, Louisiana... like Ray and The Green Book. Same goes for Logan. It's surreal, especially for me since this is a small town. My neighbor's house was Alaska's house in teh Hulu series called Looking for Alaska. Took most of the day to set up and film for only a blink and you miss it scene. Also, when Green Book was being filmed a few blocks from me, they had to do a snow scene, but it was delayed because... of actual snow. It's a rare occurrence for south Louisiana. I guess it needed to be a certain type of snow.
Film Factoid. They wanted to call this movie "Junebug". Unfortunately there was a movie from 2 years earlier called "Junebug". They probably could have stuck with the title, but Junebug (2005) also had a pregnant woman living in a small town. That was a big enough similarity that the production was worried that people would mix the two films up. I guess they thought it would be better for the film to be free from that kind of audience confusion. Junebug (2005) is also a good movie. It was Amy Adams' breakout role. She was nominated for an Oscar. It's more of a sober indie drama. It doesn't have the warmth, humor or crowd-pleasing aspects of Juno.
I haven’t seen this movie since it came out, and I’m definitely a different person now than I was then cuz this dialogue is absolutely fantastic. I think as a teen I just cringed throughout the movie with a few giggles here and there, they do a fantastic job of making you feel how uncomfortable the characters are. It’s actually great.
I was working in a video store when this came out for rental. Some guy was renting this and bought orange flavored tictac. I laughed and he asked what was so funny. I told him he'll find out when he watches the movie
I don't think Mark is a creep or wants to do anything with Juno. I just think Juno genuinely gets Mark in a way that Vanessa never could. They're very similar, and like Juno, Mark lacks boundaries. Through their interactions, she helps him reconnect with a part of himself that he lost trying to make Vanessa happy. But obviously, this is a conversation he should've BEEN had with his wife and Juno helps him realize that. That's why he's so shocked that Juno isn't happy for him when he tells her he's leaving Vanessa. He expected her to understand, like she seemed to understand everything else. It just goes to show they both have some growing up to do. I actually really appreciate their dynamic and how their characters mirror each other in an unexpected way. But I guess I can see how people view some of his actions as creepy.
On the DVD, there's a deleted scene where Juno and her friend see Mark flirt with a girl around their age in a store. I'm glad it wasn't included in the final cut because it would had undercut Mark's genuine regrets about becoming an adult, husband and father too fast
@@Madbandit77 I disapprove of Mark letting himself get that close to a 16-year-old (and the fact that he is adopting her baby makes this even more complicated), but I totally agree that the film is much better without that scene. As the movie is, we have to wrestle with how we feel about his behavior. If they include that scene where Juno sees him flirt with another teenage girl, then I think Mark might look unredeemable.
Two great movies with a funny JK Simmons I would highly recommend: 1. "I love you man" where he also plays a dad. With Paul Rudd and Jason Segal. Basically a romantic comedy but about a bromance :D 2. "Palm Springs". A new spin on the Goundhog Day concept. With Andy Samberg.
I really loved this movie, it is just so funny and well written, and so well acted by an amazing cast. It came out just after I graduated HS and it really resonated with that time of life... And loved the collab with Mary! She's awesome, and always fun to see other reactors
I once had a date where we went to see this movie ( I'm old 😂). It didn't work out but we stayed friends for a long time before she moved away. Sometimes when she feels sad or lonely I'll send her some orange tic taks to give her a nice memory 🧡
Such a great cast in this film, top to bottom. I really loved Olivia Thirlby in this film. While I doubt most people remember, she had a small part in "Oppenheimer" as one of the few female scientists on the Manhattan Project. Also, that movie they watched was by the director I talked about in my comment in your 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre" reaction! Um ... that's the end of that story, I guess.
I would highly recommend "The Lady Killers" with J K Simmons in a comedy roll. It is another Coen brothers gem that also stars Tom Hanks. You will love it!
I would like to recommend to Aussie films I think you'd enjoy - 'Chopper' (2000) starring a fantastic Eric Bana as infamous Aussie criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read. It's stylised and it's wild, and the real life guy was fascinating. The other is 'Two Hands' (1999) that features a young Heath Ledger and young Rose Byrne. It's a crime caper and has a similar vibe to Guy Ritchie films.
So well written (did win Oscar for screenplay) with a wonderful cast and as much as I liked the leads, I enjoyed Jason Reitman's direction. So much so when his film after this (Up in the Air) came to my hometown I sent in an application to be an extra. I was selected and although my limited parts ended up on cutting room floor, I was not used in one scene which ended up great as I got to watch from behind cameras and see Reitman direct. Very interesting indeed. I also had several conversations with star George Clooney who could not have been nicer. Jason Bateman was there when I was shooting and was surprised to see how short he is. George was nice and even though I had several short chats with him I was unable to say 2 things to him I had wanted. #1 was to suggest he do a film with Alexander Payne (as it turned out George did his verry next film with Payne, so he did not need my advice). #2 I wanted to tell George 'I am really surprised the guy with the mullet on Fact of Life' grew up to be Michael Clayton.' I suspect it would have made him smile and or laugh.
My favorite Canadian films are ... 1. Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) A(TFR) is a tense story about a small group of characters in an Inuit community. When it takes place doesn't matter a lot, but it feels like it takes place before they have had any contact with Europeans. (I'm being deliberately vague here, in order to avoid giving you unnecessary information.) Atanarjuat is very entertaining and dramatic and inspiring and has been called things like "Shakespeare on arctic tundra". It feels like nothing else I've ever seen before. The cast and crew are nearly completely comprised of Inuit people. It’s based on an Inuit legend and is in the Inuktitut language. Director: Zacharias Kunuk. Lead actor: Natar Ungalaaq. 2. Bye Bye Blues This is a drama that takes place mostly on the Canadian prairies during World War 2. It follows the life of a young mother whose husband has gone missing in action. She joins a dance hall band to try to make a little money, and the rest I'll leave to you to discover. BBB runs the gamut from warm to funny to joyous to sad. It contains a lot of really great 1940s music... which I believe to be fairly authentic. Certainly, none of it sounds like 1950s music to me. BBB is loosely based on the real life of the writer’s mother. Writer/director Anne Wheeler, and actors Rebecca Jenkins and Michael Ontkean you may know from other projects. BBB has been largely unavailable. I taped it from TV many years ago. It had a VHS release, but the rights to it were in limbo, so I'm pretty sure it never had a DVD release. I just looked it up. The lead actress was able to show that she had given a good faith effort to determine who owned the rights to it, so she was awarded the rights to it. Bye Bye Blues is now available in Canada through the iTunes Store (according to Wikipedia).
You guys should check out "Extract" with Jason Bateman, JK Simmons and a ton of other big names. Directed by Mike Judge, of Beavis and Butthead fame, as well as Idiocracy and Office Space.
My intro to JK Simmons was him playing the leader of the aryam brotherhood in a tv series called OZ ... after that he was a spokesperson for farmers insurance or something. Because of him, I never forget to clean my dryer lint trap.
The harmonius vision of your binocular perspectives is the most insightful of all TH-cam Reactionators... in my opinion. I must not miss an opportunity to recommend the little cult classic HAROLD AND MAUDE. As the two witty, sensitive and compassionate human beings I believe you to be, I genuinely believe you will appreciate this film. Let's get lost!
This was filmed in Vancouver but takes place in MN. Diablo Cody was living in MN at the time she wrote it. There are several references to MN, Mark and Vanessa live in St. Cloud, they mentioned Ridgedale Mall. There are a couple others I can’t remember at this time.
I love t hat you guys are going into the last 'golden age" of small-budget movies before everything became a Marvel franchise. Juno, Little Miss Sunshine etc was from a wonderful time of story and character driven movies and they've now become iconic because Hollywood "can't" make them any more. Please do more: King's Speech, An Education, Good Hair, Up in the Air.... Please and thank you.
I saw this in theaters my senior year. It became my favorite movies for a long while, and still one of my favorite soundtracks. That shot of the shoes on the bed is etched into my brain.
My Dad’s name is Mark Loring. This movie came out a few months after he died. So it was kind of wild to have a movie character introduce himself by the same name.
A much under appreciated Coen Bros comedy, The Ladykillers (2004) a remake of the 1955 Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers film, has Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, JK Simmons, and Irma P. Hall.
If you guys wanna watch an underrated Canadian film you should check out Ginger Snaps, if you haven’t seen it. It stars the girl who played the receptionist at the abortion clinic.
"Palm Springs" is JK Simmons best comedy. It's a time loop Hulu film that was a hit for the channel. JK Simmons stuck in a time loop trying to get revenge after the leads Adam Sandberg (Brooklyn 99/SNL) and that Italian lead from "Black Mirror" (Star Trek Parody Episode) and "Fargo season 2".
George seems obsessed with the location. I would rather have heard other comments for the reactions. J.K. Simmons is in the Coen Brothers comedy "Burn After Reading." He has a similar dry humor in that and I don't think he yells once.
Hilarious enough, even though Juno is iconic with the orange striped shirt on the cover, she never actually wears it in the movie, the closest was one scene with a brown striped shirt lol
I love this so much!!! I've been subscribed to both your channels for awhile... when this popped up as a recommended video I was mind blown!!! I would love nothing more than to do a colab with a with another youtuber! I wish the best for both your channels love you guys keep up the great content!!!
Good one, you three! Such a sweet movie! 😊 I'm glad you all enjoyed it! Okay, a great J.K. Simmons movie for you all to watch is the 2003 film Off The Map. His character, the friend George, is adorable. You will love him, and I think you will all love the movie too. It's a low key gem of a story, based on stage play, with a great cast! Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂
An amazing Canadian film you need to add to the channel is One Week. If you do not know you will love it and it could change the way you look at life. It is so unapologetically Canadian and has so much heart. That is all I am gonna say about this gem.
I think it's mentioned in the director's commentary, the scene where Juno is crying near the train tracks and it flashes to Paulie playing guitar- that scene of Paulie wasn't scripted... Michael Cera was on set, in Paulie's bedroom, practicing guitar for the final scene. The director was walking past and saw and said "get the camera."
It was a smaller part, but JK was very calm in Burn After Reading. I feel like he didn't pick up the shouting in most roles until JJJ in the Spiderman franchise.
This is a very cute movie ... J K Simmons appears in a fair number of comedy films, but often in moderately small parts in those. The Ref - kind of a holiday film, but worth a looksee regardless of the time of year Up in the Air - which I highly recommend in terms of character pieces He had a small bit in a Sam Raimi (director of the Evil Dead films) -sports movie "For Love of the Game" with Kevin Costner ... which is more of a love story than a sports movie
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My younger sister was in Juno’s shoes when she was a teenager. Neither her nor the dad were ready so they went the adoption route too. I was in the delivery room when she gave birth and it was truly the moment of a lifetime. I got to hold him for a brief moment, they asked her if she wanted a few moments with him to say goodbye but she said she was scared if she held him she’d never be able to let him go. It was such an emotional ordeal. She still gets updates from the couple and she’s very happy he’s growing up with loving parents. So everytime I watch this movie, the ending never fails to bring me to tears. One of my favorite movies and my sister’s as well
What? I'm not crying.
Seriously, that is a really emotional story. I hope you, your sister, and the kid all have great lives.
My story is very similar. My biological mom had me around 15/16 years old. Neither her nor my biological dad were ready, so I was adopted by my parents.
I’ve never known any different. I still keep in contact with my biological mom; talked with her last Mothers’ Day.
Bless your sister for that decision.
@@marquisdesade3025that’s good to hear 🙂 I’ve never been in those shoes before. But I hope you and your biological mom have a good relationship now. What about your bio dad, do you talk to him or does your mom still talk to him?
@@nsasupporter7557 we’re not close or anything but we do have a relationship, that’s something. And I’ve honestly never really felt different for being adopted, but that’s probably because my adoptive parents never made it a secret or shameful or whatever.
Not sure about my bio dad. All I know about him is information I have from an adoption packet I have which is like… sort of a collection of medical records on me as a baby, as well as some brief (a sentence or two a piece) description of some of my bio family at the time I was born. He taught English in Asia at some point after high school 🤷♂️ lol
This movie was filmed at my old house (Paulie's house) that I lived at for 27 years and moved from like 6 months ago. People would sit on the front steps and recreate the final scene of them playing guitar on the steps for years after the movie released. Also yes it was filmed in Vancouver/Whistler
That's awesome
@@CallOfCutie69 it probably could have but it was my parents house and they along with the realtor decided to leave it out, there were also a few episodes of the show stargate filmed there too
@@CallOfCutie69 like in the listing they didn't include it
@@CallOfCutie69 it definitely wouldn't have added that much the movie was released years ago and the demographic of buyers wouldn't have cared about if movies/shows were filmed there
@@CallOfCutie69but also it could decrease the value, because a lot of people would hate having randoms take pictures in the front of their house!
One line that is always overlooked, "Paulie Bleeker has just broken a district record."
Then he runs from the finish line to the hospital to be with Juno. It's too precious.
Any young girl who finds herself in this situation deserves the love and support from their family that Juno gets. Her dad telling her one day she'll be back there on her terms makes me cry every time. Society makes teen pregnancy such a dirty shameful thing, and imo it shouldn't be. It's perhaps not ideal, but girls shouldn't be made to feel like absolute shit for something that's already scary for them.
Teen pregnancy is a failing, but it’s a failing of society and a sex education curriculum, not a failing of a teenage girl.
I like how you commented on how ambiguous Mark was in the beginning. "Is he not excited, or is he just not emotive?" Really, if that's a line that a filmmaker wants to blur, they could not cast a better actor than Jason Bateman.
J.K. Simmons and Alison Janney, the parents every kid should have
Allison janney not so much as a single mom (I, Tonya)
Yeah definitely this movie's versions and not Whiplash or I, Tonya versions.
J.K. Simmons is never not awesome in anything he does.
@@eccort27 #Acting
The funny thing is that the director of this movie (Jason Reitman) was an executive producer of WHIPLASH, which explains why JK Simmons was cast in that movie. You could say that JUNO indirectly helped him secure the Oscar for WHIPLASH.
I'm now noticing that in the end Vanessa chose a specific shade of yellow for the wall. the same yellow as Juno's note. Either that happened after she read the note or it was foreshadowing. which one do you guys think
in either cases, to me, that's pretty cool
"THINK, JUNO! I need more pictures of Spider-Man! Not my tempo!"
🤣🤣
Yes,a lot of people like angry J.K. Simmons.
There were several references to cities in Minnesota. So the setting was Minnesota, but likely filmed in BC.
Good to know.
And if you look closely, Minnesota license plates on the vehicles
”I love you man” is a great comedy with Paul Rudd, Jason Segel and JK Simmons as a fun dad. He’s not alot in it but he is great in what he’s in.
Love that movie! They should totally watch that one, I don't think any reactors have done it.
@@tiffanyfreeman6411 CinePals and Dos Cavalos have both done reactions to it.
I just posted the same thing!
Agreed, my fave Paul Rudd movie. Plenty of stars you'll love, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Jon Favreau, and Canada's own, Rush! Simmons as Paul Rudd's dad, it's everything u want.
Great movie
Juno is honestly one of my favorite movies. Watched it in theaters when it came out with some friends and have loved it ever since.
Winner of the Best Original Screenplay Oscar. It was ironically the only lighthearted Best Picture nominee of the entire group, given the fact that the other 4 nominees that year were ALL serious dramas (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, ATONEMENT, and MICHAEL CLAYTON).
Jon Stewart famously made a joke about it in his Oscar host monologue.
Another Decent Michael Cera flick is Nick and Nora's infinite Playlist
Yes!!!! Nick and Nora's infinite Playlist is so fun...fun NYC movie
JK Simmons is honestly one of the best actors. I have NEVER been disappointed in a performance he did.
"Juno was filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia,[40] standing in for Minnesota, where production was originally intended to take place" according to Wiki
Every time I see Olivia Thirlby I wonder how she didn't become a total superstar. She's amazing.
Yeah. She should have been a big star by now, despite being a supporting actor like in "Oppenheimer".
She had a run for about 10 years of great movies. Problem is the ones she was the main star (and phenomenal) no one really saw, and the ones people did see like Juno she wasn't the standout. She should be up there with Emma Stone as A list actresses from that generation of breakouts.
She's a cutie, but she never really had that breakout role. Dredd could've maybe been that had it not underperformed.
She was fantastic in Dredd!
I really liked her in No Strings Attached. But that was another moderate sized role in another moderate sized hit.
This movie is fantastic - nice job y'all! When Diablo Cody won the Oscar for Best Screenplay, she gave a very sweet, heartfelt acceptance speech. This is also one of the best closing scenes to a movie ever!
12:56 I like how George was the only one to laugh at this lol
Right, I had to rewind a few times lol
Palm Springs is a great comedy with JK Simmons which also has some more tender moments that remind me a lot of his performance in Juno!
Starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti. A really fun watch.
Shot in Vancouver, fictionally set in suburban Minneapolis. They did a reasonably good job of keeping mountains and 300-foot pine trees and the Pacific ocean out of the background.
When I saw this in 2007, most people didn’t think Mark was a creep or a groomer but fast forward to now, and that’s just generally how we see of a lot of behaviors, but the writer Diablo Cody was very against this portrayal she said this about mark and Juno’s relationship “while their feelings for each other remain overall platonic, Juno is in love with the idea of being an adult while Mark is in love with the idea of being young And it isn't until he reveals he's leaving Vanessa that their worldviews clash and these feelings projected onto each other are unable to find any solid basis or hold, and they crumble”. Which is more interesting and has more depth than “ he’s a creepy guy trying to get with a teenager”
That doesn't negate the creepiness. No matter how much you want to be a kid, you should know in your 30s not to flirt with a pregnant teenage girl.
@KaiLucasZachary I agree with you that Mark should be held to a higher standard because ostensibly, he has more agency and maturity, but I don't think the comentor above is advocating support for him or that undestanding his motivations "negates his creepiness." I think the point is whether you can see anything else besides that major character flaw, which is an open-ended question posed toward the audience in this film.
When I saw this movie, I had no problem with Juno and Mark's relationship. I just felt they were two people with common interests and temperaments, but just of different ages. It occurred to me how uncomfortable it would seem to others, given the circumstances. Mark struck me as an "old teenager" who was still trying to find himself.
@@KaiLucasZachary I totally understand what you’re saying, but when the writer said flirting, she didn’t mean in a romantic sense, It’s an expression like people who flirt with disaster. It doesn’t mean they’re trying to amorously attract disaster. This is an excerpt from the commentary of the movie by Reitman and Cody “while their feelings for each other remain overall platonic, Juno is in love with the idea of being an adult while Mark is in love with the idea of being young”. The characters weren’t written or directed to have any type of romantic relationship, but I totally understand why it could be misinterpreted as something more.
@@Jackiepapersthat might be what they intended. 18:22 is a good example of why what he’s doing is clearly flirting and inappropriate. It doesn’t matter if a writer thinks what they wrote is harmless when what they show clearly isn’t. They flirted and then got scared when it became real, rightfully so.
Most older movies thought what they did was fine but 14 year olds were also seen as adults, too, and we now know they aren’t. Times change, we (hopefully) evolve. Especially teenagers have more rights and protective laws now. Just watch a movie like Love, Actually. It’s still entertaining but almost every relationship in that movie is terrible for one or both parties.
They began with them “doing it”, they ended the movie with them “duetting” 🤣🤣
No surprise, CineBinge continues to have the best thumbnails in the game.
At the risk of overgeneralizing, Juno is set in Elk River, Minnesota, which I think contributes to the parents somewhat tame reactions to her announcement and how "roll with the punches" everyone is. I grew up in MN and lived in Elk River and surrounding towns in high school around when this came out, and I thought their portrayal was spot on.
Not that kids were getting knocked up left or right or whatever, but that Midwesterners tend to just forge straight ahead when things go sideways. Flipping out doesn't fix anything. Of course that was just my own experience.
This makes sense as I live in the Twin Cities and I have driven through Elk River (Where my Uncle and Aunt lived for many years).
I'm from Elk River, too, and never knew this! It did feel so much like my own high school experience at the time!
That’s great to know-it speaks well of Midwesterners that they react in that manner to adversity.
21:36 “I love dad JK Simmons”
Me after watching Invincible:
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Such a great movie. I watched this in the theater with my drinking buddy and we both had a blast. We walked out expressing a little more hope for humanity and wished more movies were as creative and thoughtful as this one.
Also, it was a huge success on a small budget. You'd think movie executives would want to buy low and sell high (you know, because their job is to make $$), but like most people playing the market, they spend a lot of time losing big because they follow trends and try to "hack the system". It blows my mind how they spend hundreds of millions on lackluster retellings of famous stories instead of taking low budget stories and giving them a shine-up. It's completely bonkers how backwards the system is, that movies like this are such a rarity. Oh well. At least we got this one.
I also saw it in theaters with my family. They let me pick the movie and I may have left out that it was about a pregnant teen lol I wanted to see it because of Elliot Page and Michael Cera 🤣
Oscar-winning debut script by Diablo Cody who next time out wrote the fine horror/comedy "Jennifer's Body." She's written a number of films and a Broadway musical since.
As for J.K. Simmons comedies, check out the underrated Coen Brothers film "The Ladykillers" (2004) which stars Tom Hanks as the leader of an eccentric crew of robbers. Simmons is very funny in this colorful, slapstick comedy.
Want to watch another awesome one of E. Pages earlier movies? "Hard Candy"!
That was a pretty fucked up movie
In addition to having the full range as a screen actor, J.K. Simmons is also a master of the theater! He starred in the Broadway revival of Guys & Dolls with Nathan Lane. Check out the cast recording if you want to hear him sing! =D
It’s hard to overstate how much a grip this has on the culture at the time
I was Juno's age when this movie came out. My best friend and I saw it in theaters at least 10 times! (Only because at a local theater - tickets were $2 each!!) It remains one of my favorites of all time. I quote it far too often! The Kraken line was even my senior quote! 😂
Be sure to watch the deleted scenes- they're hilarious!
Canadian films: Last Night, Pontypool, The Grey Fox. Oz films: Flirting, Careful He Might Hear You, The Last Wave. NZ: Heavenly Creatures, The Quiet Earth.
Yes we need to see a Cinebinge react to Pontypool, or really any of Bruce McDonald's films.
You guys need to check out Billy Elliott. Small budget. Story hits strong emotionally. I wonder why people don't talk about it anymore. It was big when it came out
100% agree. A movie that would make for awesome reactions
Finally, Mary's watching "Juno". Thank you for that George and Simone.
Now you need to watch Hard Candy after this movie for a 180° but amazing Elliot Page performance! And go in cold!
Holy crap!!! Yes! They so need to watch that
YESS! That movie is an underrated gem - SUPER dark and disturbing, but so well-done!
YES! Hard candy is such a good movie.
That's the 1st time I ever saw Elliot and I needed to see everything he'd ever been in after that! I also got a red hoodie like his that I wore every day 😂
I’m sure these two wouldn’t be part of that crowd, but you’d be amazed how many people think Page’s character was the villain in that movie.
You should check out I Love You, Man. One of my favorite comedies with so many quotable lines! JK Simmons plays a dad in that as well and although it’s a small role he’s hilarious in it. Absolutely love that film and I think you all would really enjoy it..
Red M&Ms used to be colored with Red Dye No. 5. It was considered to be potentially toxic in some studies. They pulled them from production until a substitute was found. The insect thing is just urban legend.
6:48 "I love pie!" 😂
I caught that too. It cracked me up.
Vanessa was crushing Mark's identity, "ironing out" things that she thought were uncouth or remnants of childish things to be left behind. When they were just stuff that he loved and still does. Mark was struggling with loving Vanessa dearly, but still wanting to keep the things he loves. Juno saw the value in his hobbies and likes and was genuinely intrigued by them. Mark probably hadn't felt genuine acceptance in years, so was naturally drawn to Juno. I don't think it was sexual or inappropriate, just a desire to be understood and appreciated.
u are so incredibly strange for this they make it clear that its sexual...
Director Jason Reitman’s Thank You for Smoking is a really fun movie. Most of his filmography is pretty great.
Juno and Ghostbusters: Afterlife made me cry.
Honestly, you have to feel for Mark a bit. His wife puts all his passions and belongings in a storage room. She doesn't like him sitting around and watching his favorite movies in his own home. She wears his old band t-shirts to paint a room because she doesn't care if they get dirty. She claims his dreams are nothing more than childish fantasies... You can tell he slowly started to resent her over time and probably dealt with the repression for an extended period. It's a good lesson that no matter how picture-perfect a marriage can look in a photograph, and even in person, it's not always so. They had no real communication.
Well, maybe Mark should have voiced those complaints like an adult instead of running away like a coward.
@@blakemeads9225 You say that, but I'm fairly sure that his wife, based on her personality, was not the type to care if she's routinely putting down his entire existence. It sounds like he DID voice his concerns and after thousands of concessions, the best he could hope for was a room to put his stuff dedicated to his passions. It was a compromise. I think Mark probably sacrificed a lot more than she did to make that relationship work and, in the end, he thought he found a way out.
I get the feeling she was very conservative and upper-class compared to Mark, who was more of a middle class free-spirit who worked hard to land a girl like her. But sometimes these things don't work out. Human beings aren't black and white. So let's not judge people so rashly. Marriages almost NEVER work out. Divorce is very, very common.
I don't care for her attitude, but I agree that he's being mature.
If you don't make it in music by the time you're 25 the odds of it happening are basically nonexistent and he doesn't even appear to be taking steps to try to make it happen.
No he’s hitting on a high schooler. Sicko
@@blakemeads9225 Exactly. Maybe he should have spoken up and said something, communicated his thoughts like a mature person. Instead he stays quiet and builds resentment that could be avoided, isn’t ready to be a father yet says nothing and tells a 16 year old girl about it before his own wife and is also doing very inappropriate things with that 16 year old. Nah, dude is trash.
If you want another movie with this kind of quirky tone, I recommend Ghost World with Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson and Steve Buscemi.
I can relate to seeing familiar places in movies and shows. There are actually quite a few things filmed in the college town where I live called Hammond, Louisiana... like Ray and The Green Book. Same goes for Logan. It's surreal, especially for me since this is a small town.
My neighbor's house was Alaska's house in teh Hulu series called Looking for Alaska. Took most of the day to set up and film for only a blink and you miss it scene.
Also, when Green Book was being filmed a few blocks from me, they had to do a snow scene, but it was delayed because... of actual snow. It's a rare occurrence for south Louisiana. I guess it needed to be a certain type of snow.
Film Factoid.
They wanted to call this movie "Junebug".
Unfortunately there was a movie from 2 years earlier called "Junebug".
They probably could have stuck with the title, but Junebug (2005) also had a pregnant woman living in a small town. That was a big enough similarity that the production was worried that people would mix the two films up. I guess they thought it would be better for the film to be free from that kind of audience confusion.
Junebug (2005) is also a good movie. It was Amy Adams' breakout role. She was nominated for an Oscar. It's more of a sober indie drama. It doesn't have the warmth, humor or crowd-pleasing aspects of Juno.
CineBinge and MaryCherry watching Juno together? My life is almost complete, I just have to go to Mary's channel and watch the three of them on there.
I haven’t seen this movie since it came out, and I’m definitely a different person now than I was then cuz this dialogue is absolutely fantastic. I think as a teen I just cringed throughout the movie with a few giggles here and there, they do a fantastic job of making you feel how uncomfortable the characters are. It’s actually great.
28:19 Am excellent comedy with J.K. Simmons is Thank You For Smoking with Aaron Eckart, Katie Holmes and directed by Jason Reitman!
I was working in a video store when this came out for rental. Some guy was renting this and bought orange flavored tictac. I laughed and he asked what was so funny. I told him he'll find out when he watches the movie
J.K. Simmons was in "I Love You, Man," "Extract," and "The Ladykillers." He was pretty funny in all 3 of them.
@lionelhutz5902 The Ladykillers is so underrated!
I don't think Mark is a creep or wants to do anything with Juno. I just think Juno genuinely gets Mark in a way that Vanessa never could. They're very similar, and like Juno, Mark lacks boundaries. Through their interactions, she helps him reconnect with a part of himself that he lost trying to make Vanessa happy. But obviously, this is a conversation he should've BEEN had with his wife and Juno helps him realize that. That's why he's so shocked that Juno isn't happy for him when he tells her he's leaving Vanessa. He expected her to understand, like she seemed to understand everything else. It just goes to show they both have some growing up to do. I actually really appreciate their dynamic and how their characters mirror each other in an unexpected way. But I guess I can see how people view some of his actions as creepy.
On the DVD, there's a deleted scene where Juno and her friend see Mark flirt with a girl around their age in a store. I'm glad it wasn't included in the final cut because it would had undercut Mark's genuine regrets about becoming an adult, husband and father too fast
@@Madbandit77 😬😬 ehh yikes, yeah agreed
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I disapprove of Mark letting himself get that close to a 16-year-old (and the fact that he is adopting her baby makes this even more complicated), but I totally agree that the film is much better without that scene.
As the movie is, we have to wrestle with how we feel about his behavior. If they include that scene where Juno sees him flirt with another teenage girl, then I think Mark might look unredeemable.
Two great movies with a funny JK Simmons I would highly recommend:
1. "I love you man" where he also plays a dad. With Paul Rudd and Jason Segal. Basically a romantic comedy but about a bromance :D
2. "Palm Springs". A new spin on the Goundhog Day concept. With Andy Samberg.
I Love You, Man is great, I definitely recommend it.
Second on "Palm Springs" for both channels!
I second both of these. I Love You Man was much better than I thought it would be.
Except he's super angry guy in palm springs too. 🤔
Thank you for Smoking is a top tier comedy but JK Simmons is basically playing himself
I really loved this movie, it is just so funny and well written, and so well acted by an amazing cast. It came out just after I graduated HS and it really resonated with that time of life...
And loved the collab with Mary! She's awesome, and always fun to see other reactors
I once had a date where we went to see this movie ( I'm old 😂). It didn't work out but we stayed friends for a long time before she moved away. Sometimes when she feels sad or lonely I'll send her some orange tic taks to give her a nice memory 🧡
Such a great cast in this film, top to bottom. I really loved Olivia Thirlby in this film. While I doubt most people remember, she had a small part in "Oppenheimer" as one of the few female scientists on the Manhattan Project. Also, that movie they watched was by the director I talked about in my comment in your 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre" reaction! Um ... that's the end of that story, I guess.
Her co-star from "The Wackness" (a male version of "Juno") Josh Peck was also in Oppenheimer.
She was also in Dredd
It’s an odd coincidence that this came out shortly after the movie “Junebug” which featured Amy Adams as a pregnant teenager.
The movie takes place in Elk River, Minnesota
J.K is pretty good in 'Palm Springs' and 'I Love You Man'
My takeaway from this video. Soup smelling body = bad. Pie smelling body = good.
I would highly recommend "The Lady Killers" with J K Simmons in a comedy roll. It is another Coen brothers gem that also stars Tom Hanks. You will love it!
To answer your 7:38 question, private placement adoptions are totally a thing in the US, and the implications are at least as bad as you are thinking
I would like to recommend to Aussie films I think you'd enjoy - 'Chopper' (2000) starring a fantastic Eric Bana as infamous Aussie criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read. It's stylised and it's wild, and the real life guy was fascinating. The other is 'Two Hands' (1999) that features a young Heath Ledger and young Rose Byrne. It's a crime caper and has a similar vibe to Guy Ritchie films.
So well written (did win Oscar for screenplay) with a wonderful cast and as much as I liked the leads, I enjoyed Jason Reitman's direction. So much so when his film after this (Up in the Air) came to my hometown I sent in an application to be an extra. I was selected and although my limited parts ended up on cutting room floor, I was not used in one scene which ended up great as I got to watch from behind cameras and see Reitman direct. Very interesting indeed. I also had several conversations with star George Clooney who could not have been nicer. Jason Bateman was there when I was shooting and was surprised to see how short he is. George was nice and even though I had several short chats with him I was unable to say 2 things to him I had wanted. #1 was to suggest he do a film with Alexander Payne (as it turned out George did his verry next film with Payne, so he did not need my advice). #2 I wanted to tell George 'I am really surprised the guy with the mullet on Fact of Life' grew up to be Michael Clayton.' I suspect it would have made him smile and or laugh.
Best Australian movie:
Muriel’s Wedding.
My favorite Canadian films are ...
1. Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)
A(TFR) is a tense story about a small group of characters in an Inuit community. When it takes place doesn't matter a lot, but it feels like it takes place before they have had any contact with Europeans. (I'm being deliberately vague here, in order to avoid giving you unnecessary information.) Atanarjuat is very entertaining and dramatic and inspiring and has been called things like "Shakespeare on arctic tundra". It feels like nothing else I've ever seen before. The cast and crew are nearly completely comprised of Inuit people. It’s based on an Inuit legend and is in the Inuktitut language. Director: Zacharias Kunuk. Lead actor: Natar Ungalaaq.
2. Bye Bye Blues
This is a drama that takes place mostly on the Canadian prairies during World War 2. It follows the life of a young mother whose husband has gone missing in action. She joins a dance hall band to try to make a little money, and the rest I'll leave to you to discover. BBB runs the gamut from warm to funny to joyous to sad. It contains a lot of really great 1940s music... which I believe to be fairly authentic. Certainly, none of it sounds like 1950s music to me. BBB is loosely based on the real life of the writer’s mother.
Writer/director Anne Wheeler, and actors Rebecca Jenkins and Michael Ontkean you may know from other projects.
BBB has been largely unavailable. I taped it from TV many years ago. It had a VHS release, but the rights to it were in limbo, so I'm pretty sure it never had a DVD release.
I just looked it up. The lead actress was able to show that she had given a good faith effort to determine who owned the rights to it, so she was awarded the rights to it. Bye Bye Blues is now available in Canada through the iTunes Store (according to Wikipedia).
You guys should check out "Extract" with Jason Bateman, JK Simmons and a ton of other big names. Directed by Mike Judge, of Beavis and Butthead fame, as well as Idiocracy and Office Space.
My intro to JK Simmons was him playing the leader of the aryam brotherhood in a tv series called OZ ... after that he was a spokesperson for farmers insurance or something. Because of him, I never forget to clean my dryer lint trap.
The harmonius vision of your binocular perspectives is the most insightful of all TH-cam Reactionators... in my opinion.
I must not miss an opportunity to recommend the little cult classic HAROLD AND MAUDE. As the two witty, sensitive and compassionate human beings I believe you to be, I genuinely believe you will appreciate this film.
Let's get lost!
This was filmed in Vancouver but takes place in MN. Diablo Cody was living in MN at the time she wrote it. There are several references to MN, Mark and Vanessa live in St. Cloud, they mentioned Ridgedale Mall. There are a couple others I can’t remember at this time.
A double dose of Cinebinge and Mary Cherry in one day! Sweet!
I love t hat you guys are going into the last 'golden age" of small-budget movies before everything became a Marvel franchise. Juno, Little Miss Sunshine etc was from a wonderful time of story and character driven movies and they've now become iconic because Hollywood "can't" make them any more. Please do more: King's Speech, An Education, Good Hair, Up in the Air.... Please and thank you.
I saw this in theaters my senior year. It became my favorite movies for a long while, and still one of my favorite soundtracks. That shot of the shoes on the bed is etched into my brain.
Excited that y’all collated on this, I love watching both channels so this is exciting.
Such a cool collab. I follow Mary's channel too. So cool to see the mashup
It says it's set in Elk River, Minnesota. But I'm guessing there's not a ton of stuff that would establish this in the film.
My Dad’s name is Mark Loring. This movie came out a few months after he died. So it was kind of wild to have a movie character introduce himself by the same name.
A much under appreciated Coen Bros comedy, The Ladykillers (2004) a remake of the 1955 Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers film, has Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, JK Simmons, and Irma P. Hall.
takes place in the fictional town of Dancing Elk, Minnesota,
JK Simmons does comedy so well... he was killer in I Love You Man too, so funny
If you guys wanna watch an underrated Canadian film you should check out Ginger Snaps, if you haven’t seen it. It stars the girl who played the receptionist at the abortion clinic.
"Palm Springs" is JK Simmons best comedy. It's a time loop Hulu film that was a hit for the channel. JK Simmons stuck in a time loop trying to get revenge after the leads Adam Sandberg (Brooklyn 99/SNL) and that Italian lead from "Black Mirror" (Star Trek Parody Episode) and "Fargo season 2".
George seems obsessed with the location. I would rather have heard other comments for the reactions. J.K. Simmons is in the Coen Brothers comedy "Burn After Reading." He has a similar dry humor in that and I don't think he yells once.
Well, it was filmed in their city.
Every freaking time the runners went by all I could think was "pork sword"
Hilarious enough, even though Juno is iconic with the orange striped shirt on the cover, she never actually wears it in the movie, the closest was one scene with a brown striped shirt lol
Awesome collab! Fun to watch three of my favorite reactors watching together. A lot of fun. Thanks!
I love this so much!!! I've been subscribed to both your channels for awhile... when this popped up as a recommended video I was mind blown!!! I would love nothing more than to do a colab with a with another youtuber! I wish the best for both your channels love you guys keep up the great content!!!
What a great collab by two of my favorite channels! So much fun. Glad you all enjoyed it. I just love this movie.
J.K. Simmons is in the movie Palm Springs which is very funny.
JK Simmons was in a short lived TV show called Growing Up Fischer. I thought it was good and I think you would enjoy it also.
The soundtrack for this film is brilliant.
Yes, it is
Good one, you three! Such a sweet movie! 😊 I'm glad you all enjoyed it! Okay, a great J.K. Simmons movie for you all to watch is the 2003 film Off The Map. His character, the friend George, is adorable. You will love him, and I think you will all love the movie too. It's a low key gem of a story, based on stage play, with a great cast! Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂
"Off the Map" was the first time I saw J.K Simmons. I love low key type films. I thought he was great in it.
This is the same director that did “Thank You For Smoking” - which I think you all would love! And, as always, loved the reaction 😊
An amazing Canadian film you need to add to the channel is One Week. If you do not know you will love it and it could change the way you look at life. It is so unapologetically Canadian and has so much heart. That is all I am gonna say about this gem.
I think it's mentioned in the director's commentary, the scene where Juno is crying near the train tracks and it flashes to Paulie playing guitar- that scene of Paulie wasn't scripted... Michael Cera was on set, in Paulie's bedroom, practicing guitar for the final scene. The director was walking past and saw and said "get the camera."
The movies is based in Minnesota when of the few based here, but of course was shot in Vancouver.
It was a smaller part, but JK was very calm in Burn After Reading. I feel like he didn't pick up the shouting in most roles until JJJ in the Spiderman franchise.
I love the collab, and both movies that were chosen.
Great cross-continental reaction to a lovely movie; we want more!
Greetings from yet another continent, from the Netherlands!
What a wonderful reaction ménage à trois! Great seeing y'all together, and Juno was a hidden jewel! ♥
That running track is definitely in Surrey, Bear creek park to be exact.
This is a very cute movie ... J K Simmons appears in a fair number of comedy films, but often in moderately small parts in those.
The Ref - kind of a holiday film, but worth a looksee regardless of the time of year
Up in the Air - which I highly recommend in terms of character pieces
He had a small bit in a Sam Raimi (director of the Evil Dead films) -sports movie "For Love of the Game" with Kevin Costner ... which is more of a love story than a sports movie