Sunday, September 27, 2009

Quick Review: Jennifer's Body

I loved "Juno," which was written by Diablo Cody. After watching "Jennifer's Body," also written by Cody, I'm wondering if I was wrong about "Juno." A lame story in which a teenage girl (played by Megan Fox) becomes possessed or something after a fire burns down a bar where she and her supposed best friend (Amanda Seyfried) are watching a band play. She then seduces male classmates, who turn into her victims. Amanda Seyfried is a pretty young woman, but because she's playing the best friend of Megan Fox, they've got her in more frumpy clothes and glasses. (There isn't much of a transformation, though -- it's not like when America Ferrara turns into Betty Suarez on "Ugly Betty" -- which, by the way, returns in about 2 weeks. Yay!) And the way Megan Fox's character acts, even before turning into a serial killer, it makes no sense that they're best friends. (Heh. I used "Megan Fox" and "acts" in the same sentence. Now, if I somehow worked the word "well" in there, that would be amazing.) There are a handful of good lines but for the most part it doesn't work. It's not even cheesy enough to become a cult classic, despite the much-ballyhooed kiss between the two lead actresses. My grade: D-plus.

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