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"Juno" - a review

It's been a hectic last few weeks, what with being away each of the last 4 weekends. I'm looking forward to a little more stability at least until the end of the month. One of the weekends away was with a group from school on a (very successful) training weekend for this year's African Educational Project trip in July to 2 of our Brothers' schools in Uganda. I'll post some photos from the weekend soon. In the meantime, here's my review of the much-hyped "Juno". ***************** "Juno" is the second film by Jason Reitman. I liked it very much in all aspects, writing, acting + direction - the latter being a little less gimmicky than in the director's other film "Thank You For Smoking". It is very much a character piece that manages to avoid too many character clichés. Yes, the father of the child, Paulie Bleeker is a bit of a nerdy geek (he'd have to be with a name like that!), but much less obviously a figure of fun than in