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Jennifer's Body (2009)

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Reviews Counted:146

Fresh:65

Rotten:81

Average Rating:5.1/10

Consensus: Jennifer's Body features occasionally clever dialogue but the horror/comic premise fails to be either funny or scary enough to satisfy.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexuality, bloody violence, language and brief drug use

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Sep 18, 2009 Wide

Box Office: $16,031,583

Synopsis: A sexy horror film with a wicked sense of humor, JENNIFER'S BODY is about small town high school student Jennifer (Megan Fox), who is possessed by a hungry demon. She transitions from being "high... A sexy horror film with a wicked sense of humor, JENNIFER'S BODY is about small town high school student Jennifer (Megan Fox), who is possessed by a hungry demon. She transitions from being "high school evil" - gorgeous (and doesn't she know it), stuck up and ultra-attitudinal - to the real deal: evil/evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a meaty snack, and guys who never stood a chance with the heartless babe, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer's insatiable appetite. Meanwhile, Jennifer's lifelong best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried), long relegated to living in Jennifer's shadow, must step-up to protect the town's young men, including her nerdy boyfriend Chip (Johnny Simmons). --© Fox [More]

Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, J.K. Simmons

Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, J.K. Simmons, Amy Sedaris, Adam Brody, Cynthia Stevenson

Director: Karyn Kusama

Director: Karyn Kusama
Screenwriter: Diablo Cody
Producer: Mason Novick, Daniel Dubiecki, Jason Reitman
Composer: Theodore Shapiro, Stephen Barton
Studio: Fox Atomic

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There's not a moment in Jennifer's Body that's intentionally scary, and the characters never reach beyond the level of stereotype.

Full Review Source: Examiner.com | comment Comment
11/09/09
Adam Lippe
Adam Lippe
Examiner.com

By tapping in to the same vein of ‘hormonal horror’ as the excellent ‘Ginger Snaps’, this offers a witty, subversive look at the darker side of teen friendship.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
11/06/09
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out

Jennifer's Body has more to say about the dynamics of teenaged female friendship, sexual power games and the trials of adolescence than many a more self-consciously worthy film.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
11/06/09
Catherine Bray
Catherine Bray
Channel 4 Film

The premise — Mean Girls with demonic possession and a feminist subtext — is promising. But the film fails to deliver either laughs or scares in sufficient numbers.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
11/06/09
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]

A genre high-school horror flick with a satirical edge.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
11/06/09
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

Although Jennifer’s Body offers up both comedy and horror, each is doled out in only the meanest of amounts, with the film just scraping through to a lacklustre and unsatisfying finale.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
11/06/09
JW Smith
JW Smith
Little White Lies

Writer Diablo Cody's willingness to resort to flogging the movie off the back of Fox's cleavage and highly-sexual public profile spoils what could have been an interesting and original addition to the slasher horror genre.

Full Review Source: Digital Spy | comment Comment
11/06/09
Alex Fletcher
Alex Fletcher
Digital Spy

Funny, sexy, cool and destined to become a cult classic.

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11/06/09
Rosamund Witcher
Rosamund Witcher
Heat Magazine

Likely to strike a chord with the turbulent teens Cody captures so well, this vividly lurid tale has cult movie written all over it and may well enjoy a healthy afterlife if it stiffs at the cinema.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
11/06/09
Chris Prince
Chris Prince
Sky Movies

Is it about female empowerment or is it a slasher story? Probably both, but it doesn’t work as either.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
11/06/09
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Not likely to wow die-hard gore fans or anyone looking for the originality and wit of Juno, but it won’t break your heart like, well, Jar Jar Binks. It’s just hot, bloody, dirty, disposable fun for a Saturday night.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
11/06/09
Jane Crowther
Jane Crowther
Total Film

It isn't thrilling. Fox can't act. The backchat is more filthy than funny.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
11/06/09
Daily Mail [UK]

While George A Romero certainly won't be losing any sleep, failsafe ingredients - gore, guts and hotties making out with each other - make this a movie bound to appeal to teenagers everywhere.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
11/06/09
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

[Diablo Cody's] salty dialogue is the saving grace of Jennifer’s Body, a gleeful, old-fashioned mix of gore and giggles that feels awfully pleased with itself.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
11/06/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

Occasionally aimless direction is saved by a witty script from Diablo Cody.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
11/06/09
Sun Online

After the quick-fire wit of Juno, this is disappointing.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
11/06/09
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

Fox is fun as a demonic harpy, but sadly the meeting of Hollywood’s two rock’n’roll queens is closer to safe studio product than slash-and-burn envelope-pusher.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
11/06/09
Nick De Semlyen
Nick De Semlyen
Empire Magazine

An enjoyable teen horror with terrific performances and a nice line in jet-black humour thanks to Diablo Cody's excellent script.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
11/06/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Despite a few good ideas and flashes of genius in the script, the whole film is a total bore.

Full Review Source: News of the World | comment Comment
11/06/09
Robbie Collin
Robbie Collin
News of the World

The satirical spin on female sexuality and high-school hierarchies implied by its Carrie-meets-Heathers cinematic reference points are more confused than cutting, and there's also a fatal lack of genuine scares.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
11/06/09
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman
 
 
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