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Page Still a Standout, Even in the One Bad Review
Awards Daily — ... is wider than ever these days.  It's almost unfathomable.  No one pays any attention to Metacritic while everyone is all over the heavily diluted Rotten Tomatoes.  Either way, here is New York Mag's David Edelstein, the only major critic so far to loathe Juno.  Otherwise, it's rave city.  Even still, he manages to praise the delightful Ms. Page ( ...

The trouble with wearing your heart on your (tattoo) sleeve.
IFC: Indie Eye — ... We're going to do a round-up of reviews for "Juno" tomorrow, but for now wanted to mention that we thought it was interesting that David Edelstein in New York, not fond of the film, faults Juno the character for being emblematic of the putting-it-all-out-there-on-the-web crew (despite this not being a subject raised within the film at all): ...

Critic wrangle: "Juno."
IFC: Indie Eye — ... Dissenters: David Edelstein at New York finds that "The relentlessly jokey banter of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is taken to a screechy new level. Every character’s wisecracks come from the same place, like in bad Neil Simon." He's also unimpressed by the fact that "The jokes disappear for the end of each segment, when you’re supposed to shed a little tear." ...