After seeing the movie Juno last night, I am happy to report it has taken the #1 slot in Roger Ebert’s ten best films of 2007 (and other shenanigans).

Juno is, as Ebert says, an extremely wonderful, heart-warming film, and absolutely reaffirms the moviegoing experience. It manages to be consistently hilarious despite (or, I should say, in spite of) its serious topic. The half-Kimya Dawson soundtrack and almost pretentious obsession with punk and b-movie horror keeps pushing the film toward being a generic, forgotten indie flick, but the comedy, superb acting, and delicately crafted characters propel Juno far from the grasp of humdrumness.

Make it through the first ten minutes or so of forced one-liners, and you’ll be rewarded with this year’s finest film.

More here, here, and (of course) here.

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