Jennifer's Body follows Jennifer; a smokin hot cheer captain type; and her semi-nerdy BFF (or as they call themselves "Biffs") Needy (Amanda Seyfried). After a particularly crazy night at a bar, Jennifer is abducted by a hot boy band. A few hours later, she shows back up at Needy's house covered in blood. It isn't long after that that Jennifer begins her new diet consisting of unsuspecting teenaged boys.
Jennifer's Body is entertaining, but not all that good. Jennifer's Body is a film that sells itself as edgy, sexy, cool, stylistic, and funny. While it has each of those elements to different degrees, it doesn't fully succeed at any of them (Plus the final demon bite twist is pure and total insulting horse shit that comes across as lazy).
It's definitely more funny than it is anything else, although some of the jokes fall flat (especially the tampon joke that sucks all the air out of an otherwise cool moment). The worst things about Jennifer's Body is that it's not as sexy and bloody/gory as it could be (which is very frustrating). We get plenty of Megan Fox in hot clothing, and there is some bloodshed, but it's just not enough for any die hard horror hound (easily the bloodiest/goriest scene is Jennifer reaching into one of her victim's corpses and pooling his blood into her mouth. We never really get to see her rip into a boy, the closest we get is an extended shadow shot/scene).
Megan Fox fits the role of Jennifer well enough. Amanda Seyfried is great as Needy, our lead. Johnny Simmons is great as well and quite likable as Needy's boyfriend Chip. They make for a cute couple. The film focuses on the relationship between Needy and Jennifer, and their growing rivalry. It approaches it realistically, which is nice. Adam Brody steals the few scenes he's in as the leader of an evil indie boy band.
In the end, Jennifer's Body is a film that desperately wants to be a cool, edgy, sexy, stylistic, humorous horror film but it tries too hard in some areas and doesn't try hard enough in others. It's a fun, entertaining flick that could have been/should have been great, but it doesn't leave much of a mark in the end. To steal a line from my earlier review: It's basically Juno in a Halloween costume (I will say it's definitely better than Juno though).
2 STARS
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