Jennifer Garner did an excellent job playing the part of Vanessa. At times a very sympathetic character and other times seeming like she might someday snap. I suppose there was a reason why she needed to adopt and maybe that causes a woman to feel more desperate. But at times her character worried me a bit.
Would you be okay giving her the kid? (especially if she has to do it as a single mom?)
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In fact, I would like to have seen a little more of Vanessa and the baby together than just five seconds of her sitting on her bed holding it at the end. I didn't care for the Jason Bateman character much and thought it was good riddance.
sharei'd order her a calzone.
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That's kind of unfair isn't it? Just because someone cries from disappointment or is angry doesn't mean they won't make a good parent... Not seeing the correlation at all. I've had my share of infertility problems, being happy for my friends while sad for myself, I've cried a few times, I know that doesn't mean I'm going to be a bad mother. I will say when babysitting for my friends I LOVE every moment of it. I'm an "aunt" to so many children now, it's probably the only thing that keeps me going, to give my love to all my friend's children. Love only multiplies anyways :)
That being said I would have given her the baby also.
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I wouldn't, but I guess it's a necessary evil that he be raised by Vanessa. An emotionally needy, controlling parent may be better than an emotionally unprepared parent. Life with Vanessa may be tough on him, but he'll need the advantage to make something out of himself.
shareWhy not? If I were Juno I wouldn't keep it.
Get me a bromide! And put some gin in it!
It's because adoption is, by its nature, a service. Children aren't children in the eyes of the adoption system. They're products, sometimes toys for adoptive "parents". They can be discarded and broken as easily as they were taken in, for any and no reason.
shareYes, I'd give her the baby. I think her seeming to snap was because Mark already got her hopes up once before about adopting, but when the time came he changed his mind and she didn't get to become a mother. That has to be hard on a woman, you're getting a child you've always wanted and your immature husband decides at the last moment Nope, not gonna happen.
Watching her play with her friends daughter is a good indication of what kind of mother she will be.
She was harsh on Mark because he's immature, he still dreams of being a rock star and he is beyond his prime to do so.
Watching her play with her friends daughter is a good indication of what kind of mother she will be.
Yes, I'd give her the baby. I think her seeming to snap was because Mark already got her hopes up once before about adopting, but when the time came he changed his mind and she didn't get to become a mother. That has to be hard on a woman, you're getting a child you've always wanted and your immature husband decides at the last moment Nope, not gonna happen.
She was harsh on Mark because he's immature, he still dreams of being a rock star and he is beyond his prime to do so.
If I were Juno's son, I wouldn't even acknowledge Vanessa as my mother or even a human being. She's just a glorified babysitter.
shareI don't see why not. She was financially stable, was great with kids (as shown in the scene at the mall) and was willing to take on the responsibility of having and caring for a child. She appears strained at the beginning of the film because she has been trying for years to have a kid with Mark, and it has not come to pass. They had a chance, but someone got "cold feet" and from her look to Mark in this scene, it is likely it was him. To come so close to something you had always wanted only to see it pulled away not once but nearly twice? I would be a little on edge and scared too.
I didn't think for a second she would snap and be a bad or abusive mother. Nothing in the movie indicated that.
I think she's a sweet woman - I would help her if I could.
I'm quite a lovely person - apart from my terrible taste in pie.
She was nice, yes, but I also couldn't help but feel that she seemed a little nutty at times. Ever see the movie Loverboy? That's the type of woman she felt like, the obsessive all consuming unhealthy type of loving mother.
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