The Frame

In 2007, no fewer than four films dealing with unplanned pregnancy were released: Knocked Up, Waitress, Juno, and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Would a structural analysis of these films reveal a similarity between the films due to their subjects that transcends other generic considerations, or would the pregnancy plot turn out to be subordinate to the intersecting genres and national origins?

It’s been hailed by critics everywhere, it’s been called this year’s Little Miss Sunshine (it isn’t; it’s less calculating), Ellen Page has been acclaimed for her performance as the unexpectedly pregnant teenager Juno. What should I say except that it lived up to all I’d heard, Page impressed me even above my expectations, and the [...]