JUNO - A TEENAGE STORY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

JUNO IS NOT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

I DON'T MEAN IT IS GROSS OR RAW, THOUGH IT IS AT TIMES.

I MEAN THAT THIS FILM CAN ONLY BE TRULY APPRECIATED BY ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 30.

IT IS BEING MARKETED AS A TEENAGE STORY, WITH TEENAGE CHARACTERS, BUT IT IS A STORY ABOUT MAKING LIFE CHANGING CHOICES AND DECISIONS.

THE OLDER THE VIEWER, THE DEEPER THE MEANING AND EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF THIS FILM WILL BE FELT. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THESE IMPORTANT MOMENTS, WILL HAVE EMPATHY FOR THE CHARACTERS IN THIS MOVIE.

THERE IS A SCENE IN, MISTER HOLLAND'S OPUS, WHERE A YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SINGS, SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE AUDITION APPLAUD.

THE BAND / MUSIC DIRECTOR, MISTER HOLLAND, TELLS THE GIRL THAT YOU DON'T SING THAT SONG WITH YOUR VOICE - YOU SING IT WITH YOUR SOUL -- SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT SUFFERED THE JOY AND DESPAIR OF LOVE, CAN'T DO JUSTICE TO THOSE LYRICS.

I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL FILM - YOU HAVE TO HAVE WALKED A FEW MILES IN THE SHOES OF THESE CHARACTERS TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEIR ACTIONS WILL BE IN SHAPING THE YEARS AHEAD.

I AM NOT JOKING WHEN I SAY, EVERY SENIOR CITIZEN SHOULD SEE THIS MOVIE, THE SENIOR CENTERS SHOULD BRING FOLKS BY THE BUS LOAD, FOR THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT A COMEDY - THIS IS ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE AND HOW MUCH WE INFLUENCE THE DIRECTION OF OUR LIVES BY HOW WE VIEW OUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.

SOMEONE WILL GO TO SEE THIS MOVIE AND SAY IT WAS NOT GOOD -- I LIVE IN FEAR OF SHARING A SMALL SPACE WITH THAT PERSON.