Review of Jennifer's Body (2009) by Glenn C — 24 Apr 2012

Diablo Cody followed up her movie Juno with Jennifer's Body, a horror-comedy about a teenage girl who is embodied with a demon spirit. In interviews she said that she was looking to pay homage to horror movies she grew up with like Carrie and The Lost Boys.

I think she's done a fair job of it too. Jennifer's Body is a cool little fright flick that feels like it came out of the 80s. Perhaps too muc...h comparison was put towards this and Juno at the time and it was harshly judged by a lot of critics and audiences.

.. another comparison made at the time was that this was like Twilight for boys, but really this shits all over Twilight. Jennifer's Body has it's tongue planted firmly in its cheek and never takes itself seriously.

There are some great one-liners and pop cultural references that gave me a chuckle, the gore is decent and the performances are good. Amanda Seyfried is really good (imo) and despite some of the shit movies she makes, there's an appealing quality about her.

As much as I dislike Megan Fox I think she gives a solid performance too. As an adult watching this movie I wish I was 16 and watching it because I would have thought it to be pretty fucking cool.See More.