![]() It may be that Dawson's music is one of the things that humanizes Juno the character, and that the music makes Juno the movie what it is - a story about a situation (teen pregnancy) that has the potential to be ugly, sad and angry, but which instead reveals humor, love and redemption.īut really, much is made of Juno's fixation with 1977 punk in the film, but only Mott the Hoople (arguably not "punk") is represented on the album. Honestly: This is the woman whose debut album is called I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean. Because while Juno seems to have won most people over with her muddled attempts to figure out life and love, she comes across as kind of a jerk most of the time.ĭawson, conversely, can make the lyric "fuck Bush and fuck this war" sound like a cute ditty for a kid's birthday party. Sure, there's that sweet scene where she and Paulie (Michael Cera) play the Moldy Peaches' "Anyone But You" (thankfully included on the album), but Juno seems too snarky and brash to be into songs as sweet and sincere as Dawson's. But even though Ellen Page (who plays Juno) suggested to director Jason Reitman that Juno's title character would be into Dawson's work (it appears on the soundtrack under her own name, and with her bands the Moldy Peaches and Antsy Pants), it's hard to believe this. Whether she's the personification of four-track, scruffy-round-the-edges authenticity or a mediocre singer plying a shoddy affectation is largely a matter of taste. ![]()
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