Jennifer’s Body
If you’re not a fan of Megan Fox, you’ll hate it; if you are a fan of Megan Fox, you’ll hate it.
Simple.
As.
That.
Megan Fox stars as Jennifer Check, y’know one of those stereotypical cheerleader types. What makes her slightly different is her ‘lasting’ friendship with geeky childhood friend Needy Lesnicky (Amanda Seyfried). It’s obvious who the dominant personality is in that relationship, it would be an interesting twist to have the geek in charge. Jennifer and Needy head along to a gig in a grimey bar on the outskirts of town and the bar burns down. Jennifer leaves with the band, abandoning Needy. Fast forward, Jennifer has developed a taste for boys to keep her alive.
I’m not going to get pulled into mythical inaccuracies, she’s labeled as a succubus on the back of the DVD cover but really she just eats boys to live. There’s no consistency, with scenes leaping from one to another. It would have been interesting if she was naturally a demon instead of some hocus pocus by a third-rate band.
Remember Juno? Of course you do. It turns out that Diablo Cody wrote both Juno and Jennifer’s Body. Obviously this film was produced off the back of her previous success…
Obscure pop-culture reference to band Maroon 5, which ironically we haven’t heard much from over the past few years. That reference dates the film immedately. (In case you’re wondering Maroon 5 are set to release their third album in September 2010.)
Jennifer’s Body was going to score an abysmal 0/5, yes no rating at all. The only aspect of the film which manages to grasp itself a score a single star is the soundtrack.
Verdict: The soundtrack is all that’s going for this pile of celluloid.
Rating: 
Directed: Karyn Kusama.
Written: Diablo Cody.
Starring: Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried.
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