Originally Posted by Jane

The fact that girls can relate to Juno makes them more comfortable about the idea and can put them at ease over a subject which "ease" should never play a part in. After all, it could happen to anyone, and Juno got through it okay, so I can too. I just don't get the sense that the movie has that sense of urgency over just how unfortunate it is to get pregnant so young. Just because teen pregnancy isn't a light-hearted issue, doesn't mean you need to interject humor into the issue to get people to watch it. I believe that people are more interested in difficult issues, especially ones that aren't discussed very often. There's okay to have balance in movies, but I get the feeling that the balance between humor and depression is a little uneven and the humor sort of wins out (that's my impression, after all).