She's evil... and not just high school evil.
Nerdy, reserved bookworm Needy and arrogant, conceited cheerleader Jennifer are best friends, though they share little in common. They share even less in common when Jennifer mysteriously gains an appetite for human blood after a disastrous fire at a local bar. As Needy's male classmates are steadily killed off in gruesome attacks, the young girl must uncover the truth behind her friend's transformation and find a way to stop the bloodthirsty rampage before it reaches her own boyfriend Chip.
Genre(s): Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Runtime: 102 minutes
Rating: 5.7/10 (4,164 votes)
Release Date: 10 September 2009
Country: USA
Languages: English
Company: Dune Entertainment
Sound: Dolby
MPAA: Rated R for sexuality, bloody violence, language and brief drug use.
Director(s): Karyn Kusama
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Producer(s):
Diablo Cody - executive producer
Daniel Dubiecki - producer
Mason Novick - producer
Jason Reitman - producer
Brad Van Arragon - co-producer
Writer(s):
Diablo Cody - (written by)
Cast:
Megan Fox - Jennifer Check
Amanda Seyfried - Needy Lesnicky
Johnny Simmons - Chip
Adam Brody - Nikolai Wolf
Sal Cortez - Chas
Ryan Levine - Mick
Juan Riedinger - Dirk
Colin Askey - Keyboardist
Chris Pratt - Roman Duda
Juno Ruddell - Officer Warzak
Music: Stephen Barton, Theodore Shapiro
Diablo Cody - executive producer
Daniel Dubiecki - producer
Mason Novick - producer
Jason Reitman - producer
Brad Van Arragon - co-producer
Writer(s):
Diablo Cody - (written by)
Cast:
Megan Fox - Jennifer Check
Amanda Seyfried - Needy Lesnicky
Johnny Simmons - Chip
Adam Brody - Nikolai Wolf
Sal Cortez - Chas
Ryan Levine - Mick
Juan Riedinger - Dirk
Colin Askey - Keyboardist
Chris Pratt - Roman Duda
Juno Ruddell - Officer Warzak
Music: Stephen Barton, Theodore Shapiro
Posted on: September 12, 2009
September 12th, 2009
I went into the film at the Toronto Festival wondering what to expect,but hopeful and was very surprised that the script and dialog were justfantastic and great performances by all. There are some classic scenesand quotes to come, for certain. There are some graphic scenes and useof suspense along the way, but in every way they support the directionand the feeling of the film. The director spoke after at the film andmentioned that a certain singing-in-the-car scene was an homage to ascene from "The Silence of the Lambs" as a victim heads to an encounterwith her assassin at that point. She made very great comments aboutworking with the Diablo Cody script. I would highly recommend and dothink that this will be a hit.
September 14th, 2009
I just saw the sneak preview. I won some passes, so I figured "What theheck".
So, like the title says, it is a pretty cheesy movie, even more so thenmost PG-13 horror movies. However, it is pretty enjoyable, provided youlike that sort of thing.
Lots of one-liners. Lots of teenage jumble words, "newspeak", orwhatever you want to call it… I was close to finding it annoying, butit was usually pretty funny.
No Megan Fox frontal nudity, as far as I saw, there is a girl-girlscene, but it is pretty much just what you see in the trailer orcommercials.
The band, "Low Shoulder" are annoying. Really annoying. Then theyexacerbate matters by playing their song throughout the movie atseveral parts. Ironically enough, I also won a copy of the soundtrack,which has that wretched song. Sigh.
All in all, though, if you are a fan of cheesy movies, a teenager, or aMegan Fox fan, you will probably like this one.
September 15th, 2009
However, if you don't care much for movies that appear to be inexistence for the sole reason of giving pubescent boys one and a halfhours of Megan Fox in various sexually referencing scenes, then give ita miss.
I watched this film on a pre-release viewing, and I did not know whatit was I was in for until I saw the films' title across the screen.
'Jennifers Body' appears to be a dark comedy. There are humorous partsthat are related to some sort for sexual innuendo or blatant sexual act(such as the charming description of Jennifer, played by Megan fox, whohad to sit on a bag of frozen vegetables after losing her 'backdoorvirginity.') But there are good suspenseful horror moments I mustadmit. There were a lot of screams from the girls in the theater, duemostly to what I call 'cheap scares', the typical "I know someone isgoing to jump out now, I'm just waiting for it" scare. Yet, the bloodand gore was convincing, and I have to say that the scene whereJennifer appears in her best friends house covered in blood, giving ademonic blood filled smile and spewing out black goo WAS pretty goodhorror. As this scene was in the first 10-20 I thought we were in for areasonably good movie. Meh. Not really.
The acting wasn't bad. But you could tell that Megan Fox loved everysecond of being semi-naked or sexually flirtatious on screen. Hercharacter was the 'hot chick' who could woo anyone with the flutter ofher eyelashes. Yes, we all know she is attractive, but every second ofthis film was like "HEY GUYS! LOOK AT MEGAN! ISN'T SHE HOT!" It got oldpretty quick. And Adam Brody was terrible. You'll see why.
Yes, there were demons AND the mandatory lesbian scene with Megan Fox.Contrasting I know. But apparently, that's what the people want, solets give it to them! A little insulting to say the least.
To be honest, a pretty disappointing script from Diablo Cody,especially after Juno, which was witty and clever.
Overall, 5/10. I would not pay money for a ticket and petrol to gowatch it at the cinema, but probably would borrow it off a friend towatch if they hired it. Cheap thrills. Watch it if you want to tune outand not think for 90 minutes. Average, average, average.
September 18th, 2009
Any perks that Diablo Cody received by winning the Academy Award for"Juno" have been officially erased by "Jennifer's Body." The problemwith "Jennifer's Body is that it is not funny enough, scary enough, orsexy enough to make anyone happy. After this, Diablo Cody will not beable to sell scripts for "B" films, let alone major features.
When you have Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried as the leads, it is hard togo wrong but it does go wrong. At it's best, "Jennifer's Body" couldhave been an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" but the problem isthat there are no characters to care about and that is the fault of thescreenplay.
Megan Fox is easily the sexiest actress around today and in this filmshe shows that if she works really hard, she might one day achieve thestatus of Jennifer Tilly. Her character has no personality whatsoever.Amanda Seyfried is actually pretty good but she has more to work within the script. Apparently J.K. Simmons has signed a contract to appearin every Diablo Cody film. He is good but does not have a very largepart.
"Jennifer's Body" is a watchable film but it is disappointing. If ithad one-tenth the humor of "Juno," I would have been happy. Sadly, itappears that Diablo Cody was a one hit wonder.
September 18th, 2009
Going into "Jennifer's Body," chances are you already know whether ornot you're going to like it. But the real test of mettle should not bewhether or not you think the movie will be any good. The question iswhether or not you like its star, "Transformers" Megan Fox, in herfirst leading role, as a high school queen bee turned soul-suckingsuccubus, and the attempts of her best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried)to try to stop her.
"Jennifer's Body" was directed by Karyn Kusama and written byOscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (of 2007's "Juno") and as perusual, her script is chock-full of pop culture references witheverything from Tampax, to Vagisil, to Bowflex; there's also someassorted references to the early "B"-movie horror of John Carpenter,the "Scream"-era sarcasm and a slight subtext promoting the power ofvengeance-seeking young women over under-sexed young men. And believeme, some of Cody's witticisms are worth a few vague laughs, as well asblood-curdling shocks. Lastly, of course, Megan Fox looks hella-sexy(which is what she is really best at), as the vamp-tramp of the film'stitle.
Just for the record, though, I think Megan Fox is one of Hollywood'sleast attractive young actresses of the moment. She has a big mouth, avery big mouth, and she's not afraid to use it; many of her most famousquotes are just too good to be reprinted here – just go to anyHollywood gossip site for further details. That is of course, no excusefor not liking this movie, for which Fox is actually quite good in herfirst starring role, where she is still pretty much playing herself, ahot-to-trot sex-bomb.
As the titular character, Jennifer Check, Fox does not disappoint indelivering a performance that is not by any means spectacular, or evenreally good, but succeeds for all the right reasons because it utilizesFox's key assets, namely her big mouth, her much-fabled sexiness, hermuch-talked-about bi-sexuality and, hum, of course, her ASSETS(italicized). In a small Midwestern town called Devil's Kettle,Jennifer Check seems to have all the boys at her school drooling overher, and her best friend, the blonde, bookish Needy (think closelyabout that name for a second) follows her around everywhere she goes.
Everything changes one night when Jennifer and Needy, looking to scorewith the lead singer of an up-and-coming Emo band named Low Shoulder,Jennifer finds herself whisked away in their van off to some place inthe middle of the woods. Before you know it, Jennifer shows up the nextday at school with an insatiable appetite for the flesh of her manyyoung suitors, and she's going to get what she wants by any meansnecessary. And so it's up to Needy to find a way to stop her before toomany more young men end up biting the dust.
"Jennifer's Body" is perhaps another entry into what I can only guesswill be an attempt by Hollywood to bring back the good old days of"B"-movie horror. We already had that with the utterly fantastic "DragMe to Hell" earlier this year, so "Jennifer's Body" could be attemptnumber-two. The movie works, even if it didn't quite meet ALL myexpectations. Surprisingly, Fox isn't on-screen that much, nor does shereally show that much skin; the film belongs more to her co-star,Amanda Seyfried. I know I probably just lost half my readership bysaying that, although there is a far-away shot of Fox skinny dipping ina lake, and of course there is that much-talked-about make-out scenebetween her and Amanda Seyfried.
I don't care much for Megan Fox, but I can only say that she wasn't badin her first starring role, because it plays well on her two mainstrengths: looking sexy and saying her lines like a porn star. So allin all, she was made for this role. Who knows? Maybe she'll make anappearance in "Jennifer's Body II," or something close to that.
9/10
September 20th, 2009
After" Juno", Cody could have worked with any studio, any producer, anystars in Hollywood. So what does she do? She took her new-won power andcreated a cheesy, soft porn, mildly scary, totally worthless sexcapadeaimed at white male teenagers. What a waste of talent. It's totallypredictable (read her biography), and probably signals her rapiddecline on the heels of her rapid ascent. The acting, the artdirection, the dialog, the music, none of it works. It's easy to mockit as the HBO version of Buffy the Vampire etc., but that would be aninsult to both HBO and Buffy. One can only assume Cody has no moralcompass, that she sees writing movies akin to how copywriters writecommercials. It's just a job, who cares what you're selling, it's allabout the money. It's too bad she's gone down this road. Has she driventoo far to turn back?
April 4th, 2010
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