Do people who've adopted think Juno was a good representation of adoption?

Not Adopted

No, Juno is not a good representation of adoption.

What I'd like to see is Juno II, it would go something like this:

-Juno has severe, life long depression due to giving her baby away.

-Juno has never had more children thanks to her depression.

-The child grows up suffering from night terrors and dreams of being kidnapped.

-The single woman who adopted the baby has no idea how to deal with the child's struggles over missing her mom (Juno).

-The child has spent most of her time in daycare and with babysitters because the single adoptive mother cares more about her career and looking for men than taking care of the baby.

-The single adoptive mom is desperate for a man and brings many strange men into the child's life.

-The child searches for Juno and demands to know why she abandoned her to adoption.

-Single adoptive mother issues an ultimatum that the adult adoptee must reject Juno because the adoptive mother is the only one who counts.

-Ends with everyone being mad that no one told them about the pitfalls of adoption.

Lori A

I thought it was funny, with it's sarcastic one liners. But as far as a realistic interpretation of what happens, it was a total farce.

This in no way depects what happens to a mother after separating from her child.

You notice they didn't get into that part of it. They ended the movie at the happy sappy everybody wins part. That's because there is no way they could keep it a light hearted comedy if they had.

Funny movie? Yes

Reality? NO

Someone who's been there.

vmarie84

If people answering your questions have no personal experience with adoption, than they don't really understand. I think JUNO made it seems like it's so easy for women to just give up their babies and go on with another life. It was totally unrealistic. They don't talk about the loss, anger, or depression that the women face or even the emotional issues that the children deal with as they grow older wanting to know who the mother was and the reasons surrounding the adoption. The movie made adoption agencies around the country very happy, b/c they want more babies in order to make more money. The secrecy and lies surrounding the closed adoptions are hard on everyone involved. I know, b/c I still deal with those issues today.

grapesgum

No, how could it possibly be a good representation? The woman who wrote the screen play is an ex-stripper who doesn't have a clue about adoption. She has never given birth to a child let alone give one up for adoption.

Guess what - adoptions are not like that in America either. Thank God.

IDK!!

It was a perfect example of an adoption that didn't need to happen.

Don't know why anyone would wish for that.

Nurse Autumn Intactivist NFP

I liked it as a MOVIE, that's it, it was kinda funny. However it made me really mad.

Representative of adoption: NO!

What really makes me mad is that I couldn't simply enjoy the movie for the movie's sake. I knew that it was just further pushing the rainbows and puppies view of adoption, and enforcing stereotypes (teen mom who really doesn't want her baby)

I would have loved to enjoy the movie. It was cute, but at the end of the day it just didn't sit well with me

Sly

Little Miss Sunshine, I disagree with you and have lived the things that Maybe mentioned for over 40 years. Not sure what your connection to adoption is but that is mine, and Maybe is also a mother who lost a child, so from the mother's perspective, it seems representational.

I think that Juno was the kind of Hallmark view that the industry promotes, but it is about as true to life and representative of the experience of adoption loss as Bambi is about the lives of Deer. There is very little money to be made in the gritty reality of adoption loss.

I understand that Ann Fessler is making a documentary taken from her book The Girls Who Went Away and her exhibition, Everlasting. If you are looking for visual examples of the reality of adoption, you might want to wait for that to come out. Or, if you are in the area, see if you can sit in on one of the advance screeings. I understand it is extremely powerful. If it is even partially as impacting as the bit I saw in New York 2 years ago, it will be fantastic. Few Hallmark moments there, but stunning, never the less.

aloha.girl59

I agree with Lori 100%.

Jennifer L

It was a cute movie, but not a very realistic portrayal of adoption.
A documentary, it was not.

Heather B

No.

Imagine giving little Zach away. Just for a moment - go on. Imagine how distressed the little fella would be if you just disappeared. Think about it.

That's why.

myst1998

No, I feel it is a crap movie and a typical representation of adoption by those who are ignorant and/or pushing the pro adoption agenda.

Really, it is a waste of money, time and space.

snowwillow20

Cute movie, pure crap though.

Santa's Lil' Helper

Oh no! Just when you thought the Juno questions were over..

No I do not think it was a good representation.

Freckle Face

NO, not a good representation of adoption at all. Not impressed with the movie.

Sophie

I was not bored with it- but I do not think it was a 'good' representation at all.

Rowan

Its a tad unrealistic when dealing with teenage pregnancy and adoption. True, some do work out well, but i felt the pain on Juno's side was grossly underplayed. Also, she and the father of her baby ended up dating after the baby. Doesn't make sense.

What alsdo doesnt make sense, is if her family was so supportive, couldnt they have found a way to keep the child?

mscrawdad

No. Smart kids aren't that dumb and don't act like they are.

BLW_KAM

I thoroughly enjoyed the performances of Ellen Page and Michael Cera. I thought it was a quirky, funny, and entertaining movie.

Was it representative of adoption? I guess there could be a teenager out there as pragmatic as Juno. But I've never met her.

I didn't take it too seriously. It is, after all, just a movie.

monkeykitty83

No, it wasn't a realistic representation of adoption. Not at all.

But it was clearly billed as a comedy movie with some emotional overtones, not a documentary or even a drama. Comedy movies that actually depict their subjects in a wholly realistic way are rare-- real life just isn't that funny. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other comedy that I consider realistic either.

If people are taking their views of serious social issues from comedy movies, they need to broaden their horizons. Adoption is not some sacred cow that film makers are just going to stay away from, and that being the case, we need to consider the medium. Any issue portrayed in a comedy-- including adoption-- is unlikely to be realistic.

Crystal

I personally am attached to the movie.. I was pregnant in high school, only a couple years ago. It was a funny movie but it was also serious for me. I actually cried..lol. The emotions a young pregnant woman goes through is tremendous.. and very few people really understand. About the adoption- I don't think a lot of people would be like Juno-- very little people are nice about this and through the whole movie I was thinking to myself- how could she give the baby up when it has been with her for so long-- but like she said she never felt like it was hers. But how can you not fall in love with YOUR child?

not really
i didn't like that movie too much.
soundtrack was cute but kinda weird,
and it angered me that her boyfriend
was so loserish.

Little Miss Sunshine

Maybe!!! Your ideas of adoption are totally screwed!!! I mean seriously, lifelong depression, nightmares? Are you twisted or something.. What morbid world do you live in... Adoption is a beautiful thing, and far better then abortion... I agree Juno made adoption look easy, and careless, But it was a great idea for a movie... No every adoptee spends there how life dedicated to finding there parents, Not if you bring them up right, and explain things from the start...

Juno was not a great representation of adoption, NO... BUT the idea of the movie was touching.... I wish more women would consider adoption, over murdering there unborn baby...

Due 10/5/2009 :)

I really liked the movie.
I thought it was a tad unrealistic.
However, I really liked how Juno was completely unselfish and gave the baby to a family that really deserved it.
I also liked how at the end, it showed how sad she was, just how it showed that she really did love the baby and was doing the best thing for him.

blonde_chick

i think it was great, she choose to give the baby a life and give it to a woman who really wanted it. why kill a child if you have the opportunity to give it to loving parents... it was a really inselfish thing to do

EDIT: if you got stuck with a child that you couldn't provide for you would rather kill it then give it to a loving family? I was foced to have an abortion by my mother and theres not a single day I don't regret it. I would have way better peice of mind knowing that somewhere out there my baby is getting all the love it deserved and yeah I know it would be a frikken hard thing to do to carry it inside you for nine months give birth to it then have it taken away but maybe you people should stop being SELFISH and think about the BABY for goodness sake...

sorry for the rant... but people on here are totally sounding selfish right now...

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