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Nerdy, reserved bookworm Needy Lesnicki, and arrogant, conceited cheerleader Jennifer Check 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 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.
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Review by Chad
Added: October 7, 2009
Before sitting down to take a gander at Jennifer's Body, I knew very little about the release. I knew it was a horror flick, I was well aware that the highly-overrated Megan Fox was starring in it, and I had heard that it supposedly featured plenty of black comedy. That was the extent of my knowledge, but hey, it's one of those horror movies that was all over the horror rags for what seemed like eternity, so I had to check it out, right? In the end, I found that it technically is a horror flick, I discovered that yes, Mrs. Fox has the leading role (and she reaffirmed my belief that she is overrated), and I even discovered that the film was good for a laugh. Unfortunately, my laughter had nothing to do with the "black comedy" that the film was supposed to be delivering, but it did have a lot to do with the fact that the movie itself was laughable: the writing was laughable, the acting was laughable, the core idea driving the movie was laughable, and the very notion that someone not only greenlit this but also had the balls to send it out to theaters was - you guessed it - laughable.
The story begins when Jennifer (Fox) and her BFF Needy (Amanda Seyfried) head out to a rundown bar to see a hip new band that is "like, so hot on MySpace." Things don't go so well, and in fact, the bar ends up burning to the ground. Unfortunately for us watching at home, the two leading ladies make it out alive, and the vocalist (Adam Brody) of this band offers them a ride in their "rape mobile" to "recuperate." Needy, being the brighter of the two, declines the offer, but Jennifer is all about getting some groupie love from her MySpace hero. As it turns out, this little indie band that could... couldn't. They couldn't get an appearance on Letterman, they couldn't get on any shitty soundtracks, and they couldn't act if their lives depended on it, so they looked up a Satanic ritual on the internet. Guess what the ritual entails? Pat yourself on the back if you said "the sacrifice of a virgin", and before Jenny's "wettie" has time to dry up, she has a knife in her gut.
The hook, if you will, is that Jennifer wasn't actually a virgin - no, she wasn't even a "backdoor virgin", as she so eloquently puts it. This results in a demon getting trapped inside her body, a demon which now causes her to require human flesh to retain her "good looks" (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist the quotes). The high school boys start disappearing, Needy fears for her boyfriend's (Johnny Simmons) life, and with the big dance just around the corner, things could get hairy... or depressingly atrocious, take your pick.
I hated everything about this movie, but I guess that isn't much of a review, so allow me to elaborate. First off, I hated the dialogue. Diablo Cody, if that is her real name (snicker), may have won oodles of awards for Juno and she undoubtedly has her fans, but I simply can not stand her fascination with requiring every other line to contain some sort of "hip" slang term. This trait is on display throughout the entire film, and I guess if you liked that aspect of Juno, then you'll certainly love the dialogue here. Personally, I think that she should pop in a movie from the eighties and listen to how badly their slang has dated, and then apply that to her own work. Maybe then she will see how awful her work will appear to anyone who watches this five years from now... or in the here and now for anyone out of middle school.
Acting? Megan Fox has a set of tits and her face is somewhat attractive, and that is all that she brings to the movie. You know, I expect good acting from a drama and I at least expect good comedic timing from a comedy, but when it comes to horror, I only expect semi-passable performances. When your character has a metal pole shoved through her stomach complete with blood gushing out all over the floor and you can't conjure up a facial expression to properly sell the situation, perhaps it's time you moved on to the world of porn. Hell, you've already got plenty of horny teenage boys who would purchase a DVD, or at least download a torrent of it. Amanda Seyfried is acceptable in her role in that I wasn't wanting to stab my eyes out nearly as much when she was talking as I was with everyone else in the film, so I guess I can give her credit for that.
The storyline is as stupid as it sounds up above in the synopsis, the dialogue is hilariously awful, the gore is practically non-existent, and I hate to break it to the fellows out there, but regardless of the pictures you may have seen from the set, Fox does not show the goods. Jennifer's Body was not funny, it wasn't scary, it wasn't entertaining, and worst of all, it wasn't worth the ninety minutes of my life that I spent in front of the screen. It was, however, the worst movie I have seen all year. 0/10.
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#1:
Nirrad
- added October 7, 2009 at 1:26pm
Lol, we all saw this coming. I refuse to see this
stupid ass movie. Even if they left Megan Fox's
nude scene in I still wouldn't see it.
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#2:
waxtadpole3657
- added October 7, 2009 at 10:34pm
I'm glad this movie bombed. Because it means that
maybe people are getting sick of Megan Fox. I
certainly am.
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#3:
waxtadpole3657
- added October 7, 2009 at 10:36pm
Oh, and it also means that Diablo Cody was most
likely a fluke. Because why I highly enjoyed Juno,
some of the dialogue came off as completely forced
("THUNDERCATS ARE GO!!!!!!"). Fucking
hipster dialogue. "This is SOOO much better
than Suspiria." *groan*
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#4:
waxtadpole3657
- added October 7, 2009 at 10:36pm
And am I the only one that thinks Megan Fox has a
weird face?
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#5:
Optimus Prime
- added October 12, 2009 at 9:35pm
Throw that all in one next time, bud...
I'm with Tristan on this one. I'll never
watch go out of my way to watch this. When the
only thing good you can say about your movie is
"MEGAN FOX IS IN IT... SHE'S SO HOT!"
you know it's trash.
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#6:
Nirrad
- added October 12, 2009 at 10:49pm
Trash just like Megan! Ohhhhh snap!
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#7:
Tristan
- added October 12, 2009 at 11:20pm
I actually downloaded the same cam version as
Chad. I had absolutely no intentions on seeing
this, but after his 0/10 I think I pretty much
have to now.
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#8:
waxtadpole3657
- added October 26, 2009 at 1:52pm
Throw that all in one next time, bud...
Hah, yeah, sorry. My thoughts came
segmented. Too bad there's no edit option on
comments. XD
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#9:
bluemeanie
- added October 27, 2009 at 5:20pm
WHAT?! 0/10? Come on -- there was some clever
shit going down in this film. I loved the sense
of humor (which, of course, was all Diablo Cody),
thought Amanda Seyfriend did a fantastic job.
This film never bored me. I am shocked by your
score. Go figure. 7/10.
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#10:
AttnDefDis
- added October 28, 2009 at 9:03am
I'm also shocked at the 0/10 rating. I've seen
some God awful movies in my time and while this
one disappointed me, but it wasn't that bad. I
thought Amanda Seyfried did a great job as well
and I applaud Diablo Cody for switching genres.
You know she could have made a ton of money making
another coming of age "Juno" rip off,
but she went a different route. I really enjoy
Diablo Cody's sense of humor and pop culture
references galore, but I could have done without
the constant plugs for things like, the
"Bowflex" or "The Cheescake
Factory". Plus, most of the dialogue felt
forced. There were several lines that I thought
could have been altered or just removed. My
biggest gripe is that the movie is named after a
Hole song and I kept expecting them to play it,
but instead the played "Violet". I feel
like that was a huge oversight. Overall, it was
decent, but it could have been so much better.
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#11:
Crispy
- added March 5, 2010 at 2:16am
No excuse for not showing Fox's tits. ONLY thing
that would have given this something of merit.
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#12:
George Snow
- added March 18, 2015 at 7:40pm
I didn't know till recently that this was written
by Diablo Cody. So, for $3 I bought it. Fox is
pretty hot, so really how bad could it be? The
first thing I noticed is Seyfried is the lead not
Fox. IMO I'd fuck Seyfried over Fox any day of the
week. So, that was a pleasant surprise. It was the
awful script that ruined this movie.
I've been watching a ton of Chaplin, Keaton,
Hitchcock, and everything else made back in
Hollywood's hey day. So, I have high expectations.
The amount of long, boring and nothing happens
scenes were vast as opposed to the one or two
decent bloody moments.
This movie is a
prime example of latching onto a script written by
an Oscar winner. This script had no right being
shot the way it was. Look at the amount of talent
that grabbed on. What a piece of shit this was.
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