Juno

You know those songs that make you feel some type of way when you hear them because they were on repeat for some portion of your childhood? The ones that are like ingrained somewhere in the back of your brain. For me, that’s pretty much any Beatles, Bob Dylan, or Bruce Springsteen song, because of my dad. And also the Juno soundtrack. It must have been a staple in the CD rotation back in the day because every time I hear a song from it, I’m 10 again, on the way to soccer practice just vibin in the backseat of our 2007 Toyota Sienna (RIP). I didn’t see it with the rest of my family when it came out because I was too young, but I’m glad I didn’t because I wouldn’t have appreciated it. It would have been just another one of those movies you see as a kid that you can’t really appreciate or understand fully because you can’t really appreciate or understand anything fully as a youngin. Well, fast-forward 13 years, we’re in a global pandemic and I’m a washed up soccer player, but I watched Juno the other day and it was a good day.

Juno (2007) is a coming of age dramedy directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diabo Cody, and it’s flawless, hence the Hundo P. It’s one of those movies where every scene, and every character, feel so important, because they are. The soundtrack is one of the best in film history, but it’s just one of the many elements, from the color to the dialogue, that make up the film’s original and beautiful style. I was thinking about why I like dramedies so much, and I think it’s because they are the closest movies come to real life. Real life is funny, awkward, emotional, sad, and so many other things that you can’t put into words, and so is Juno. Watch this movie. It’s golden.