Jennifer's Body (2009)

Director:

Karyn Kusama

Writer (WGA):

Diablo Cody (written by)

Release Date:

18 September 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

She's evil... and not just high school evil.

Plot:

A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?

Plot Keywords:

Best Friend | Cheerleader | Blood | Teenage Sex | Scene During End Credits

Cast

Megan Fox	...	Jennifer
Amanda Seyfried	...	Needy
Johnny Simmons	...	Chip
Adam Brody	...	Nikolai
Sal Cortez	...	Chas
Ryan Levine	...	Mick
Juan Riedinger	...	Dirk
Colin Askey	...	Keyboardist
Chris Pratt	...	Roman Duda
Juno Ruddell	...	Officer Warzak
Kyle Gallner	...	Colin Gray
Josh Emerson	...	Jonas Konelle
J.K. Simmons	...	Mr. Wroblewski
Amy Sedaris	...	Needy's Mom
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Chip's Mom

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, bloody violence, language and brief drug use.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44717) | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:18 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Hong Kong:IIB | Argentina:16 | Brazil:16 | Germany:18 (nf) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Mexico:B15 | Germany:16 (extended version)

Filming Locations:

Devil's Kettle Falls, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Dune Entertainment

Trivia:

The first one sheet was unveiled at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego during July 2008. The poster showed the Megan Fox character Jennifer licking a drop of blood from her lips.

Quotes:

Needy Lesnicky: You're a jerk.
Jennifer Check: Nice insult, Hannah Montana.

Movie Connections:

References Angel Heart (1987)

Soundtrack:

New In Town

A silly but surprisingly enjoyable teen comedy horror.

Megan Fox stars as the antagonist in Jennifer's body as a girl whose a vampire and eats boys in order to survive. Her best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried) who is the protagonist has to protect them including her boyfriend.

This is an entertaining movie all round and is not meant to be taken seriously. It dosen't start off great though as some of the acting is shockingly wooden in places namely Seyfried as there is a situation when a bar catches on fire where her reaction to it is not certifiable (She dosen't act horrified and anyone would!)

The script isn't great either and overall the film gives the impression of silliness. Having saying that the movie does get better as it goes along and Megan Fox is back on form from her terrible acting in Transformers,(which wasn't entirely her fault as she had very little to do).

In Jennifer's body she has the aura of sexy and seductiveness to seduce the boys, but she's not just eye candy in this, she has more to do and her acting is much better.

However Seyfried steals the show with her acting as most of it is really good providing a tone of awkwardness around her boyfriend particular in a surprisingly sweet love scene between them but the inner fiestiness to stop Jennifer.

Director Karyn Kusama skillfully mixes the black comic with the horror namely the violence, which is quite gruesome and there is some nice scenes, a couple of touching ones.

And don't worry boys there is the sumptuous girl on girl kiss between Seyfried and Fox, which is not just a peck on the cheek. It's really put in there for the sake of it but I don't think there will be any complaints about that.

Near the ending is interesting when you find out how Jennifer became a vampire, which will make you feel some sympathy for her and the actual ending itself has a small surprise twist, which you may see coming but it was still good to have.

Overall Jennifer's body isn't a brilliant film but it's certainly not bad and I would recommend seeing it. You just have to take it with a pinch of salt.