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Juno - Friday Week 5

Juno

A heart-warming tale of a young girl’s journey as she finds out she is pregnant. Making the decision to keep the baby, the film tackles serious issues of parenthood, abortion and teenage pregnancy with tongue firmly set in the cheek. Ellen Page plays Juno with ease: a sarcastic, quick-witted 16 year old slowly maturing into a responsible, confident young woman. J.K Simmons and Alison Janney head a superb ensemble cast which offers few clichés but plenty of one-liners. A wonderful script, soundtrack and story makes this a must see.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Based on the best selling book by Jean-Dominique Bauby, this stunning film portrays the life of Bauby in a truly original and moving way. Jean-Do (Mathieu Almaric) is paralysed at the peak of his career, health and wealth and is left only able to communicate by blinking one eye. Julian Schnabel has excelled in making this an uplifting film despite Jean-Do’s situation. We hear his thoughts and see most of the film from his perspective allowing for laugh out loud comedy as well as heart breaking poignancy. A candidate for last year’s best film, this is a portrait of a man experiencing the lowest of the lows and the highest of the highs.

Be Kind Rewind

Michel Gondry’s latest film sees Mos Def and Jack Black giving hope to low-budget filmmaking everywhere. When Jerry (Black) accidentally wipes all the videos in the store where Mike (Def) works, they begin to shoot all the films by themselves. We see moments of some well known films of the 20th century (including Robocop, 2001 and Boyz in the Hood) in this hilarious original piece. Using a camcorder, questionable special effects and anything else they can, the store becomes a massive success and the demand sky-rockets. Black and Mos Def are on form and do not disappoint.

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