A great movie

This is Jason Reitman's first movie and until now (considering 'Juno', 'Up in the air' and 'Young Adult'), it is his best one, in my opinion. I don't know about 'Juno' but back in 2007 , it was a huge success, the biggest indie feature of the year, nominated for several Academy Awards. For Roger Ebert, it was even the best movie of the year. However, even though I did like it, I didn't think it was that mind-blowing. The main thing that bothered me were the dialogs which were in fact too elaborate in my opinion. I mean, if Juno was so smart, how did she end up being knocked up? Personally, I prefer Jason Reitman's previous directing effort. The story was fascinating, the acting was top-notch and the directing was very competent. Furthermore, there was some impressive black humor but the movie never became shallow whatsoever and there was definitely some food for thought. It is yet another example that Aaron Eckhart is one of the most underrated actors at work nowadays and it is also the example that Katie Holmes, before she met Tom Cruise and became a tabloid phenomenon, had the potential to become a fine actress. Eventually, it is not a movie about the pros and cons of smoking, not at all, it is a movie about lobbyists, people who are basically selling ideas, morals and ethics and they can be pretty ruthless. The juxtaposition between the main character's work as a spokesman and his kid that he is trying to raise was also quite brilliant. To conclude, I really enjoyed this flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

8/10