"Juno" **** (out of four): What's sure to be the breakout indie hit of 2007 (and deservedly so) establishes the voice of screenwriter Diablo Cody and the career of young actress Ellen Page.

From a first impression, it would seem that all the ingredients are in place for “Juno” – the story of a high school junior who finds herself pregnant – to become the breakout indie hit of 2007. The new-on-the-scene screenwriter with an ear for ultra-snappy, ironic dialogue (Diablo Cody, already garnering comparisons to Tarantino), the super-hip, obligatory-since-“Garden State” indie soundtrack (courtesy of Matt Messina, The Moldy Peaches and Kimya Dawson) and a bevy of quirkily dysfunctional characters. Of course, we’ve seen those parts not amount to a satisfying whole before (oh Wes Anderson, we hardly knew ye). But in this case, it turns out those first impressions are dead-on. “Juno” is all that and more - a wonderful film with heart, humor and, yes, a great soundtrack.

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