Capsule reviews of movies showing this week:

"Juno" — Juno MacGuff is the kind of teenager we all wish we could have been: quick-witted, frighteningly smart and comfortable enough in her own skin to resist those high-school pressures to conform, even as her body expands with an unplanned pregnancy.

And "Juno" is the kind of movie all indie comedies wish they could be: light and lovable, perhaps a bit too pleased with the cleverness of its dialogue, but a charmer nonetheless.

It's also sure to make a star of the appealing Ellen Page. Page absolutely shines in this second feature from director Jason Reitman, once again showing a deft touch with tone following his 2006 debut, "Thank You for Smoking".

It certainly doesn't hurt that stripper-turned-screenwriter Diablo Cody has given her such delightful and disarming turns of phrase at every turn. Juno is almost superhuman in her ability to say just the right funny or poignant thing in any given situation, from telling her dad and stepmom (J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney) she's pregnant to bickering with her best friend and baby-daddy (the adorably awkward Michael Cera) about the prom.

Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner co-star as the wealthy suburban couple planning to adopt Juno's baby, and Olivia Thirlby gets some of the best lines of all as her loyal sidekick. (PG-13) – The Neptune Theatre

"Horton Hears a Who!" — Horton may hear a Who, but the rest of us may hear a lot of hoopla, and it's not all the charming sort you expect from a benign Seussian world. This animated family flick succeeds to a point in putting the Hollywood spin on Theodor S. Geisel's beloved children's book about an elephant defending a microscopic civilization. Very young children will find plenty to giggle over in the movie's manic slapstick as Horton (voiced by Jim Carrey) incurs the wrath and ridicule of his jungle pals, who refuse to believe he's discovered a tiny land called Who-Ville that exists in a speck resting on a clover. The lyrical nonsense of Seuss' rhymes generally give way to loud pratfall nonsense, though, as the filmmakers stretch a thin, thin story to fit a feature-length movie.

Steve Carell provides the voice of the mayor of Who-Ville, while Carol Burnett is the mouthpiece for a self-righteous kangaroo leading the attack on Horton. – Little Theatre

"The Eye" – Jessica Alba stars in this remake of the Hong Kong horror hit about a woman who receives a corneal transplant that allows her to see the supernatural. PG13 – Southside Cinema