I saw Jennifer’s Body with a couple of friends from work and one of them made the most profound comment about the movie (and Megan Fox). She said, “You how the Matrix was the perfect vehicle for Keanu Reeves? Jennifer’s Body is the perfect vehicle for Megan Fox. All she needs to do is show up and be hot and the movie works.” My friend was exactly right. And because of this Jennifer’s Body works as a film. It's not great, but it is good enough.
More after the jump.
More after the jump.
Diablo Cody, the writer behind Juno, delves into the dark comedy and horror genre. The film is directed by Karyn Kusama (Aeon Flux—don’t judge him), and stars Megan Fox (Transformer) as Jennifer Check, the sexy, popular captain of the high school cheerleading squad. Against all odds, Jennifer’s BFF is Anita "Needy" Lesnicky, played by Amanda Seyfried (Mama Mia, Veronica Mars), a nerdy plain student (Johnny Simmons (hotel for Dogs) finishes out the trinity of players as plays Chip, Needy’s loving and faithful boyfriend). But after a rock band arrives (headed by Adam Brody (the OC) in town and kidnaps Jennifer, she begins to exhibit strange behavior: seducing, killing and eventually eating the boys in her high school. Needy decides she needs to stop the evil Jennifer from killing any more of her classmates.
Here is the trailer:
Here is the trailer:
The movie is well written, witty and clever. It is certainly not going to win the academy award for acting, directing or cinematography (although I see a lock for the MTV’s Video Movie Awards Best Kiss category), but there are worst ways to spend an afternoon. The movie is predictable, cliché and not very shocking. But be real, that is not why people are going to see it. The target audiences of Jennifer’s Body are going to see this movie because Megan Fox is hot. And let me tell you, Megan Fox is hot in Jennifer’s body--we are talking, lean over the hood of a Camaro in Transformers hot. The fact that the script has some great quotable one-liners, is just icing on the cake.
Speaking of that Camaro:
Speaking of that Camaro:
So at the end of the day, if you weren’t going to see this, I don’t think you should. If you had interest and are afraid that it’s bad, it’s not. It’s not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s not bad.
If you worship the ground that Megan Fox walks on, then I’m sure you have already seen it (maybe twice)?
If you worship the ground that Megan Fox walks on, then I’m sure you have already seen it (maybe twice)?
Here are some stills from the movie.
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