Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, & Adam Brody
Directed by Karyn Kusama
Here's how to explain Jennifer's Body.... It's like Juno, but with a Horror movie twist. I shit you not. The only thing different is instead a little preggo chick being all indie rock we have a Mindless hot chick who has a craving for young men. All of the lingo, and Reff. to pop culture (Myspace, Maroon 5, Vagisil, and The Bowflex) were just the same as In Juno. Maybe because Diablo Cody wanted to write a horror film, but at times it got really fucking lame. It's bad enough I had to hear Juno repeated word for word by the bag kids at work, and now here is round 2. I wanna also say that if you're going to see this for Megan Fox, well........You're gonna be bummed. She doesn't get naked, and has a weird semi-lesbo scene but that's about it. OK, now with all of that aside, the movie wasn't that bad. Our tale takes place in a town called Devil's Kettle where ( of course ) Jennifer ( fox ) is being chased around by all of the boys at her school. Her BFF Needy ( Seyfied ) pampers to Jennifer's ego, and slut like lifestyle. They have been friends since the sandbox, and will be that way forever.......That Is.....Until one night the 2 girls head over to a Local bar to catch an EMO band from the city Called Low Shoulder. Trying to seduce the lead singer, Jennifer takes off in the van with the band and is gone into the night......The next morning everything seems OK but there's something different about Jennifer, and it's up to Needy to find out. The movie isn't that bad in parts, but has it's breaking points. For one there isn't any real gore. If I go to see an R rated movie that has the word Gore in the rating details, well.....then bring it on. Alot of cut aways, and cheap looking blood made me laugh. Another is the constant Diablo Cody lingo. I would love to meet Ms. Diablo and ask where the fuck she came up with this crappy lingo. I attended this movie with a bunch of HS aged kids, and after the film asked them what they liked and disliked. They (kids) liked the story and some humor, but got tired of the Terms and sayings used by the actors. They felt that it was another Juno sans the original feel. Another complaint I heard was about Megan Fox and her lack of acting. Listen man, we all know she is just a body and face for hollywood to market to girls and boys everywhere, so just go with it and laugh. Ms. Fox played the easy Slut real well, but didn't pull off anything else. I would've given this movie less stars, but man sometimes the humor was outstanding. I just wish Diablo could leave the corny teen logo somwhere else and try again.....
Overall Rating ( * * * )
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