I believe Juno was a surprise hit because the movie was masterfully written and produced and had a solid cast, simply put. The subject matter of Juno on the other hand was the main reason it was so well received. Teenage pregnancy in America seems to always be on the rise while the age of the girls having these children always seems to be decreasing. Teenage pregnancy is a subject that has been in movies in the past but not the stories focal point, it's usually an accessory to the overall story. Juno also shows another side of the subject matter that isn't usually heard about. When Juno finds out about the baby she knows immediately that she doesn't want to keep it. She decides that she'll have an abortion and heads down to a clinic where she ultimately changes her mind. She then decides to give the baby up for adoption. The complete range of emotions that Juno goes through was amazing to watch. There came a point in the movie when the viewer might believe that she was going to change her mind and keep the baby. Another big element in the movie was Juno's home life. She goes home to tell her parents thinking they're going to kill her and they end up being extremely supportive, in their own way. The relationship between Juno and her father was entertaining. I'm not sure if there was any calculated thought on the writers part for Juno to somehow bring teenage pregnancy to the mainstream audience or increase awareness but as a movie Juno is wonderful.
I think that the movie “Juno” was a hit because the movie was skillyfully written and supported by a great cast. Also, the movie touched on one of many key problems in society today, teen pregnancy. This topic has been covered in movies before, but only as a side note, never as the focal point of the movie. The movie also shows the decision process after Juno discovers that she is pregnant. She decides that she'll have an abortion and heads down to a clinic where she ultimately changes her mind. Her next option was adoption. Juno shows us her complete range of emotions as she handles such a troubling decision. Another element in the movie was her home life. We get to see the reaction of the family as she goes home to tell her parents. Fortunately, the family was supportive of her and helped where they could.
I believe Juno is such a hit for several reasons. First I feel the plot is a realistic story which many people can relate to. A smart, witty, girl who accidentally gets pregnant is very plausible in today’s society. Also, the characters personalities played off each other very well. The relationship between Juno and her father is very well played; it felt like they were actually related in real life. Their comments and banter is magnificent! I enjoyed waiting to see what Juno would do or say nextt
Juno is my favorite movie by far! It has been nominated for 4 academy awards; best picture, best performance by an actress, achievement in directing, and best motion picture of the year. Ellen Page did an amazing job as Juno in the movie. I think the movie was such a hit because she the movie was appealing to all ages. Teen pregnancy is such a controversial topic but Jason Reitman, the producer, was able to film the story without people with different view getting offended. This movie was funny and touching all at the same time. One thing that really sticks out in the movie is the music! It is very indie just like the movie, the two just meshed like bread and butta. Juno was the main character played by Ellen Page. Juno put up a front acting as if her being pregnant was an inconvenience, but after a while she starts to grow attached to the baby. The scene when she was delivering the baby made me cry. It must have been really hard for her to give the baby up, but she knew that Vanessa would take great care of her. This movie is the best of 2007 if not the best ever, I recommend it to anyone!
I personally did not like the movie. The reality in the movie was so fake, at least I hope so. Juno was an immature kid that did not take anything serious. I mean, I know girls that had children at her age and did not act so childish as Juno did. The only responsible thing that she did was having the baby and giving him up for adoption. Also the family that was going to adopt Juno’s child was kind of weird. The wife seemed to know what she wanted in life, but the husband was acting like a child and seemed to have a crush on Juno in my opinion. Juno’s high school life was a little more believable, having to deal with the drama with her peers and her baby’s daddy. Teen pregnancy is something we deal with everyday. I don’t think this movie is good influence towards teen pregnancy and I would not recommend this movie to others.
The movie Juno was a break out hit in many different ways and for many different reasons. The first thing that i think made people enjoy this movie was the fact that alot of teens are getting pregnant at around the same age as juno so they can relate to the character. The next thing that was apparent to me was the humor that was used it was for both kids and adults it wasnt to raunchy for kids and it was innocent enough that adults could watch it with their kids.I appreciated the fact that the movie showed there are other options if you decide you do not want to keep a baby abortion is not the only option there are many people who would love to have a baby but are not capable of producing one and she was very unselfish of her to realize that she was not ready to care for or capable of providing for the child.I enjoyed the movie "suprisingly" and i like the fact that it entertained us and taught us at the same time.
I thought it was a pretty decent movie. If I was in the movie and the movie was real, I would have probably made fun of Paulie whatever his name is. The kids a good actor but a huge dork. I am too, crap. Nevermind. We would have probably been best friends...
Juno was a surprise hit because it was down to earth. The audience was able to relate to the movie. Unlike most Hollywood blockbuster’s Juno was realistic. The writer took a real-life situation that, in most cases, has a potentially negative effect and instead turned it into a positive one. Juno was a sixteen year girl who had sex because she was bored and became pregnant. Her initial reaction was to have an abortion but then later decided to have the baby and give it to a couple who were unable to have their own. The cast was awesome and the script was intelligent. Though Juno’s situation was not uncommon I feel her family’s reaction was. I think that all parents should learn from Juno’s parents. They were supportive of their teenage daughter’s decision as well as helping her when she needed help the most. Sometimes I think that parents let their emotions take over their brains and they tend to make the wrong choices when it comes to their children’s well-being.
Personally, I don't think Juno was a hit. Although Juno's story is disturbing but her experience isn't rare. Her lack of parental guidance will result in a past that will evenutally come back to hunt her. I truly believe her adopted baby will be loved unconditionally. If that child is ever told the truth, that child will be heart broken. That baby will wonder have questions that won't stop being asked until answereed. I'm not upset at Juno. I was highly dissappointed in the lack of guidance from her parents. She should have been encouraged to take care of her responsibily. Her parents should have given her assurane that everything was going to be alright becuase she wouldn't be in it alone. Teenagers conceive and raise kids at an early age every day in America. She could have done it
The movie Juno showed us real life situations that are occurring today in many households. Juno, the movie, is about a teenage girl who unexpectedly finds out that she is pregnant and decides in the beginning to go ahead and have an abortion. Juno gets prepares for the final event and goes to the clinic until she decides at the last minute to have the baby. Juno gets ready and decides how she is going to tell her parents. Thinking ahead and afraid of what her parents will say about the whole ordeal has her shaken when in turns they become supportive to her decision. Juno decides that she wants to have an abortion and finds a family that had put an ad that desperately wants a baby. Juno definitely had grown up and expressed her feelings to her child’s father who loves her. Juno at the end with the child’s father decide to have the baby and not see it.
The movie Juno is a great story about love. Not just puppy love between two teens but about love makes true love. This little girl gets knocked up and still a child herself has to face an adult decision to have a child or abort it. When she decides to keep the baby she wants to find this baby her dream parents. Juno really wants to relate to the parents and a couple that wants to love unconditionally each other as well as the baby. I love the script when Juno tells her parents she’s pregnant and they were expecting her to be on drugs or in trouble with the law. Having a child was not a horrible thing although they didn’t consent it they aid her and supported her in every decision she made.
I feel that Jennifer Grader played a great role as the adoptive mother. Although she was controlling and very shallow all she wanted is to love. She was so adorable when she held that baby and Juno’s step-mother came out and gave her the confidence to make this baby hers. Juno loved her little boyfriend in a very sarcastic way. Even though he wasn’t directly involved in Juno’s journey to pregnancy; he was always there for her. I watched this movie with my 10 year old daughter and although she looked uncomfortable to see a teen pregnancy movie with me. She felt very at ease that I was open enough to talk to her about any questions she may have sort of like an ice breaker. In my opinion that made it a blockbuster hit.
I thought the movie Juno was a movie that had a great story line and probably related to many teen girls that have gotten pregnant in high school. This has always seemed to be a problem that we face in those high school daze. Sometimes I think it is just a lapse of judgment or is it kids acting like grown ups but do not know the precautions to take. This story actually seems a little to true for me, this happened to one of my good friends but lucky her, her parents were there for her and she was able to finish school and even attend college. I liked how the movie showed all of the overwhelming emotions that Juno went through, with the option of abortion, adoption, and being a parent at the age of sixteen. I think that it overall was a good movie but not a masterpiece. This teenage pregnancy thing is kinda old news and just seems to be apart of every day society.
I believe that the movie Juno was well received by so many people because of the writing, dialogue, and delivery from the cast. Ellen Page convincingly portrays a smart-aleck high school girl who is faced with teen pregnancy. Her portrayal of Juno is witty and intelligently hilarious; the character’s sense of humor carries the film, providing many laugh-out-loud moments throughout. The writing is very much in tune with today’s youth, supplying the character of Juno with many contemporary pop culture references that give the film a strong feeling of freshness and originality. The casting was very remarkable, as I don’t believe there is poor performance from any of the actors and actresses. Though Ellen Page receives has received the most acclamation for her performance in the main character role, others turn in great works that would have been award-winning had they been given more screen time. JK Simmons and Allison Janney are excellent as Juno’s concerned yet supportive parents. Jason Bateman’s role as the immature husband who desperately wants to stay hip and going through a mid-life crisis serves as the perfect foil to Jennifer Garner’s compelling role of the destined-to-be mother. I thoroughly enjoyed Juno, as it is consistently hilarious and keeps the audience entertained for the duration of the film. It handles the serious subject matter of teen pregnancy well, poking fun at it maturely yet never making it into an awkward or uncomfortable situation. The movie fully deserves the praise and honors that it has been receiving by the media as well as a high recommendation from myself.
Unfortunately ,I knew I would not be able to see all of Juno during class so I opted to leave early because I really want to see this movie in it’s entirety. Without seeing the film I knew this movie would be a tremendous movie just by the casting of Jason Bateman and Michael Cera. They had tremendous chemistry in the under appreciated but tremendous television show Arrested Development. AD was a show that never received the viewer ship it should have but it was critically acclaimed. The good news I heard last week is that they are in the works to filming an Arrested Development movie. LONG LIVE THE BLUTHS!!!! Also I saw that Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight Schrute on my favorite television show The Office, is in the movie. Anything that has Bateman, Cera, and Wilson is something I will definitely watch
I really don't know why Juno was such a break out hit. I personally didn't care for the moving. It had nothing to do with this class or my major. And too top it off it's nothing new at all. Sadly minority youth has been going through this same scenario for decades so what makes Juno so special? Was it because it happened in a middle class home?
In the film Juno, Ellen Page’s character of the same name, carries us on a journey from selfish child to a selfless woman and true mother. The beginning of the film pans to a scene of Juno taking her boyfriends virginity. In what starts as a lark of youthful exploration and indiscretion leads to her pregnancy and the beginning of her journey. Her frenetic pregnancy testing is a window to her anxiety and emotional distress. At first she treats being pregnant as an inconvenience to be quietly and quickly terminated so that she can get back to her normally scheduled life. Her encounter with Su Chi, on her way to the Women Now, abortion clinic leaves her with the impression that the whole process was antiseptic and clinical. The fact that her fetus already has finger nails weighs heavily on her heart and shows she has already become emotionally attached to “the Thing” growing ten thousand leagues under the sea.
Her acceptance of responsibility for the consequences of her actions brings her face to face with the choices required by maturity; her rhetorical one liner’s fail to insulate her from the acceptance of this realization. The next stage of her journey is meeting Mark and Vanessa Loring, the prospective adoptive parents for her unborn child. On the surface Mark and Vanessa seem to have the perfect marriage, the perfect house, in the perfect neighborhood, with perfect jobs, and the perfect timing for them to be the perfect parents.
At first Juno is disgusted by what appears to be their ideal white bread existence. On her way back from using the Lorings’ bathroom she sees Mark’s guitar which changes her opinion of the them. The time she spends alone with Mark opens her eyes to depth of experience she previously has never known, and also brings Mark to recognize that he is living Vanessa’s dream and not his own. She forms an emotional bond with Mark over their mutual love of “rocking out and watching horror movies,” but when Mark leans in to kiss her she becomes conscious that she must flee from this destructive relationship. As she reaches her emotional nadir Juno grasps the truth of her metamorphosis and commits to giving “The Thing” to Vanessa. In some small way she is even thankful that Vanessa’s situation is not so white bread. Juno rejects the perpetual immaturity that Mark represents, and accepts the responsible mature adult-hood, that Vanessa represents, even while recognizing that she is not yet ready for those responsibilities herself. She places the well being of her baby ahead of her own selfish desires.
The most touching scene was when Juno was delivering Vanessa’s little blessing. Deep down inside she was torn that she was giving “it” up, but she knew in the depths of her heart that the baby would be better off in Vanessa’s care.
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I believe Juno was a surprise hit because the movie was masterfully written and produced and had a solid cast, simply put.
The subject matter of Juno on the other hand was the main reason it was so well received. Teenage pregnancy in America seems to
always be on the rise while the age of the girls having these children always seems to be decreasing. Teenage pregnancy is a subject that has been in movies in the past but not the stories focal point, it's usually an accessory to the overall story. Juno also shows another side of the subject matter that isn't usually heard about. When Juno finds out about the baby she knows immediately that she doesn't want to
keep it. She decides that she'll have an abortion and heads down to a clinic where she ultimately changes her mind. She then decides to give the baby up for adoption. The complete range of emotions that Juno goes through was amazing to watch. There came a point in the movie when the viewer
might believe that she was going to change her mind and keep the baby. Another big element in the movie was Juno's home life. She goes home to tell her parents thinking they're going to kill her and they end up being extremely supportive, in their own way. The relationship between Juno and
her father was entertaining. I'm not sure if there was any calculated thought on the writers part for Juno to somehow bring teenage pregnancy to
the mainstream audience or increase awareness but as a movie Juno is wonderful.
I think that the movie “Juno” was a hit because the movie was skillyfully written and supported by a great cast. Also, the movie touched on one of many key problems in society today, teen pregnancy. This topic has been covered in movies before, but only as a side note, never as the focal point of the movie. The movie also shows the decision process after Juno discovers that she is pregnant. She decides that she'll have an abortion and heads down to a clinic where she ultimately changes her mind. Her next option was adoption. Juno shows us her complete range of emotions as she handles such a troubling decision. Another element in the movie was her home life. We get to see the reaction of the family as she goes home to tell her parents. Fortunately, the family was supportive of her and helped where they could.
I believe Juno is such a hit for several reasons. First I feel the plot is a realistic story which many people can relate to. A smart, witty, girl who accidentally gets pregnant is very plausible in today’s society. Also, the characters personalities played off each other very well. The relationship between Juno and her father is very well played; it felt like they were actually related in real life. Their comments and banter is magnificent! I enjoyed waiting to see what Juno would do or say nextt
Juno is my favorite movie by far! It has been nominated for 4 academy awards; best picture, best performance by an actress, achievement in directing, and best motion picture of the year. Ellen Page did an amazing job as Juno in the movie. I think the movie was such a hit because she the movie was appealing to all ages. Teen pregnancy is such a controversial topic but Jason Reitman, the producer, was able to film the story without people with different view getting offended. This movie was funny and touching all at the same time. One thing that really sticks out in the movie is the music! It is very indie just like the movie, the two just meshed like bread and butta. Juno was the main character played by Ellen Page. Juno put up a front acting as if her being pregnant was an inconvenience, but after a while she starts to grow attached to the baby. The scene when she was delivering the baby made me cry. It must have been really hard for her to give the baby up, but she knew that Vanessa would take great care of her. This movie is the best of 2007 if not the best ever, I recommend it to anyone!
I personally did not like the movie. The reality in the movie was so fake, at least I hope so. Juno was an immature kid that did not take anything serious. I mean, I know girls that had children at her age and did not act so childish as Juno did. The only responsible thing that she did was having the baby and giving him up for adoption. Also the family that was going to adopt Juno’s child was kind of weird. The wife seemed to know what she wanted in life, but the husband was acting like a child and seemed to have a crush on Juno in my opinion. Juno’s high school life was a little more believable, having to deal with the drama with her peers and her baby’s daddy. Teen pregnancy is something we deal with everyday. I don’t think this movie is good influence towards teen pregnancy and I would not recommend this movie to others.
The movie Juno was a break out hit in many different ways and for many different reasons. The first thing that i think made people enjoy this movie was the fact that alot of teens are getting pregnant at around the same age as juno so they can relate to the character. The next thing that was apparent to me was the humor that was used it was for both kids and adults it wasnt to raunchy for kids and it was innocent enough that adults could watch it with their kids.I appreciated the fact that the movie showed there are other options if you decide you do not want to keep a baby abortion is not the only option there are many people who would love to have a baby but are not capable of producing one and she was very unselfish of her to realize that she was not ready to care for or capable of providing for the child.I enjoyed the movie "suprisingly" and i like the fact that it entertained us and taught us at the same time.
I thought it was a pretty decent movie. If I was in the movie and the movie was real, I would have probably made fun of Paulie whatever his name is. The kids a good actor but a huge dork. I am too, crap. Nevermind. We would have probably been best friends...
Juno was a surprise hit because it was down to earth. The audience was able to relate to the movie. Unlike most Hollywood blockbuster’s Juno was realistic. The writer took a real-life situation that, in most cases, has a potentially negative effect and instead turned it into a positive one. Juno was a sixteen year girl who had sex because she was bored and became pregnant. Her initial reaction was to have an abortion but then later decided to have the baby and give it to a couple who were unable to have their own. The cast was awesome and the script was intelligent. Though Juno’s situation was not uncommon I feel her family’s reaction was. I think that all parents should learn from Juno’s parents. They were supportive of their teenage daughter’s decision as well as helping her when she needed help the most. Sometimes I think that parents let their emotions take over their brains and they tend to make the wrong choices when it comes to their children’s well-being.
Personally, I don't think Juno was a hit. Although Juno's story is disturbing but her experience isn't rare. Her lack of parental guidance will result in a past that will evenutally come back to hunt her. I truly believe her adopted baby will be loved unconditionally. If that child is ever told the truth, that child will be heart broken. That baby will wonder have questions that won't stop being asked until answereed. I'm not upset at Juno. I was highly dissappointed in the lack of guidance from her parents. She should have been encouraged to take care of her responsibily. Her parents should have given her assurane that everything was going to be alright becuase she wouldn't be in it alone. Teenagers conceive and raise kids at an early age every day in America. She could have done it
The movie Juno showed us real life situations that are occurring today in many households. Juno, the movie, is about a teenage girl who unexpectedly finds out that she is pregnant and decides in the beginning to go ahead and have an abortion. Juno gets prepares for the final event and goes to the clinic until she decides at the last minute to have the baby. Juno gets ready and decides how she is going to tell her parents. Thinking ahead and afraid of what her parents will say about the whole ordeal has her shaken when in turns they become supportive to her decision. Juno decides that she wants to have an abortion and finds a family that had put an ad that desperately wants a baby. Juno definitely had grown up and expressed her feelings to her child’s father who loves her. Juno at the end with the child’s father decide to have the baby and not see it.
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The movie Juno is a great story about love. Not just puppy love between two teens but about love makes true love. This little girl gets knocked up and still a child herself has to face an adult decision to have a child or abort it. When she decides to keep the baby she wants to find this baby her dream parents. Juno really wants to relate to the parents and a couple that wants to love unconditionally each other as well as the baby. I love the script when Juno tells her parents she’s pregnant and they were expecting her to be on drugs or in trouble with the law. Having a child was not a horrible thing although they didn’t consent it they aid her and supported her in every decision she made.
I feel that Jennifer Grader played a great role as the adoptive mother. Although she was controlling and very shallow all she wanted is to love. She was so adorable when she held that baby and Juno’s step-mother came out and gave her the confidence to make this baby hers. Juno loved her little boyfriend in a very sarcastic way. Even though he wasn’t directly involved in Juno’s journey to pregnancy; he was always there for her. I watched this movie with my 10 year old daughter and although she looked uncomfortable to see a teen pregnancy movie with me. She felt very at ease that I was open enough to talk to her about any questions she may have sort of like an ice breaker. In my opinion that made it a blockbuster hit.
I thought the movie Juno was a movie that had a great story line and probably related to many teen girls that have gotten pregnant in high school. This has always seemed to be a problem that we face in those high school daze. Sometimes I think it is just a lapse of judgment or is it kids acting like grown ups but do not know the precautions to take. This story actually seems a little to true for me, this happened to one of my good friends but lucky her, her parents were there for her and she was able to finish school and even attend college. I liked how the movie showed all of the overwhelming emotions that Juno went through, with the option of abortion, adoption, and being a parent at the age of sixteen. I think that it overall was a good movie but not a masterpiece. This teenage pregnancy thing is kinda old news and just seems to be apart of every day society.
I believe that the movie Juno was well received by so many people because of the writing, dialogue, and delivery from the cast. Ellen Page convincingly portrays a smart-aleck high school girl who is faced with teen pregnancy. Her portrayal of Juno is witty and intelligently hilarious; the character’s sense of humor carries the film, providing many laugh-out-loud moments throughout. The writing is very much in tune with today’s youth, supplying the character of Juno with many contemporary pop culture references that give the film a strong feeling of freshness and originality.
The casting was very remarkable, as I don’t believe there is poor performance from any of the actors and actresses. Though Ellen Page receives has received the most acclamation for her performance in the main character role, others turn in great works that would have been award-winning had they been given more screen time. JK Simmons and Allison Janney are excellent as Juno’s concerned yet supportive parents. Jason Bateman’s role as the immature husband who desperately wants to stay hip and going through a mid-life crisis serves as the perfect foil to Jennifer Garner’s compelling role of the destined-to-be mother.
I thoroughly enjoyed Juno, as it is consistently hilarious and keeps the audience entertained for the duration of the film. It handles the serious subject matter of teen pregnancy well, poking fun at it maturely yet never making it into an awkward or uncomfortable situation. The movie fully deserves the praise and honors that it has been receiving by the media as well as a high recommendation from myself.
Unfortunately ,I knew I would not be able to see all of Juno during class so I opted to leave early because I really want to see this movie in it’s entirety. Without seeing the film I knew this movie would be a tremendous movie just by the casting of Jason Bateman and Michael Cera. They had tremendous chemistry in the under appreciated but tremendous television show Arrested Development. AD was a show that never received the viewer ship it should have but it was critically acclaimed. The good news I heard last week is that they are in the works to filming an Arrested Development movie. LONG LIVE THE BLUTHS!!!! Also I saw that Rainn Wilson, who plays Dwight Schrute on my favorite television show The Office, is in the movie. Anything that has Bateman, Cera, and Wilson is something I will definitely watch
I really don't know why Juno was such a break out hit. I personally didn't care for the moving. It had nothing to do with this class or my major. And too top it off it's nothing new at all. Sadly minority youth has been going through this same scenario for decades so what makes Juno so special? Was it because it happened in a middle class home?
In the film Juno, Ellen Page’s character of the same name, carries us on a journey from selfish child to a selfless woman and true mother. The beginning of the film pans to a scene of Juno taking her boyfriends virginity. In what starts as a lark of youthful exploration and indiscretion leads to her pregnancy and the beginning of her journey. Her frenetic pregnancy testing is a window to her anxiety and emotional distress. At first she treats being pregnant as an inconvenience to be quietly and quickly terminated so that she can get back to her normally scheduled life. Her encounter with Su Chi, on her way to the Women Now, abortion clinic leaves her with the impression that the whole process was antiseptic and clinical. The fact that her fetus already has finger nails weighs heavily on her heart and shows she has already become emotionally attached to “the Thing” growing ten thousand leagues under the sea.
Her acceptance of responsibility for the consequences of her actions brings her face to face with the choices required by maturity; her rhetorical one liner’s fail to insulate her from the acceptance of this realization. The next stage of her journey is meeting Mark and Vanessa Loring, the prospective adoptive parents for her unborn child. On the surface Mark and Vanessa seem to have the perfect marriage, the perfect house, in the perfect neighborhood, with perfect jobs, and the perfect timing for them to be the perfect parents.
At first Juno is disgusted by what appears to be their ideal white bread existence. On her way back from using the Lorings’ bathroom she sees Mark’s guitar which changes her opinion of the them. The time she spends alone with Mark opens her eyes to depth of experience she previously has never known, and also brings Mark to recognize that he is living Vanessa’s dream and not his own. She forms an emotional bond with Mark over their mutual love of “rocking out and watching horror movies,” but when Mark leans in to kiss her she becomes conscious that she must flee from this destructive relationship. As she reaches her emotional nadir Juno grasps the truth of her metamorphosis and commits to giving “The Thing” to Vanessa. In some small way she is even thankful that Vanessa’s situation is not so white bread. Juno rejects the perpetual immaturity that Mark represents, and accepts the responsible mature adult-hood, that Vanessa represents, even while recognizing that she is not yet ready for those responsibilities herself. She places the well being of her baby ahead of her own selfish desires.
The most touching scene was when Juno was delivering Vanessa’s little blessing. Deep down inside she was torn that she was giving “it” up, but she knew in the depths of her heart that the baby would be better off in Vanessa’s care.
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