Diary of an up and coming sociopath

Originally wrote this for our work e-mail list but since it accurately reflect my views on the film, I shall replicate it more or less in full here:

Nikki and I just got back from seeing Juno. It was, as Seb, Rachel, and the Academy Awards Comittee had advised, fucking fantastic. I loved how realistic (almost) everyone was in it. Not since Joss Whedon put pen to paper have I seen so many stereotypes be skillfully avoided. It’s got an utterly awesome script and Ellen Page is unbelievably excellent in it, and even when he’s not in Spider-Man, JK Simmons is like, the best thing since sliced Jesus. The only really weak member of the cast was Jennifer “weeping” Garner, playing the same character she plays in everything: the mildly unreasonable, self-righteous woman who breaks into sobs at the slightly provocation. Good job that’s the kind of character she was playing really, but would it fucking hurt for her to try and show some range once in a while?
 
Also: Moldy Peaches on the soundtrack. WHY SO MUCH? I can’t fucking stand NY anti-folk, and they’re public offenders number 1. “ooh, look, we’ve written deliberately poor, meandering under-produced songs and sung them in cracked and earnest vocals!” Ugh. It really, almost inexplicably, fucks me off how ingenuine it is when it’s pretending to be exactly the opposite. Twee, shallow music for people with twee, shallow ideas. Get me a hacksaw.