"Jennifer's Body"
by: Paolo Sardinas

Diablo Cody became quite the star for her writing for the 2007 teen pregnancy comedy, "Juno". "Juno", as teenish as it was, still managed to do something that her latest flick, "Jennifer's Body" doesn't, entertain. The film gets weighed down heavily by the whole conundrum of high school girls being bitches and how Megan Fox attracts so many guys. Two of the most general things that just about everyone knows. The other difference between "Juno" and "Body" is that the former is more intelligent and actually makes sense. While "Body" is just another teen horror/comedy which makes absolutely no sense beside the fact that Fox likes to eat boys.

The story, as if I haven't explained enough, centers around a nerdy bookworm (Amanda Seyfried) named Anita and her conceded cheerleader best friend Jennifer(Fox). Despite the fact that neither of them have anything in common they still somehow manage to get along. After attending a concert and the club burns down, Jennifer leaves with the band only to later come back covered in blood and puking black stuff out of her mouth. Anita just automatically assumes her friend is a demon and goes on a hunt to find out the truth about what happened to her friend, and all the other kids who have been eaten alive.

Now the story, as you can obviously tell, is original but is still weird, and both underdeveloped and overdeveloped. The story doesn't give many details but then it almost bores with its "facts" about how high school if hell, but its no where near as bad Jennifer eating boys. This film is a bit of a surprise in terms of Cody, granted its supposed to be kinda dumb and stupid. But it doesn't need to be this stupid. Luckily the film isn't long, or even if it is you don't really notice because you're too busy thinking about how I can leave this movie and not get jumped by a bunch of hormone raging teenagers. More specifically boys.

The acting, as you can imagine, is bad. Not terrible, thanks to Seyfried, but it's still pretty bad. Megan Fox shows off her "incredible" acting abilities while tearing apart boys and jumping on cars. Not to mention swimming in a lake... naked. Both actresses still make you feel like you're watching an old B-movie horror flick, but without the style of a B-movie. Its more like a D-movie. Now of course most people will go see this movie with the sole intention of seeing her, and her only, but is it really worth it. No its not. Keep your money where should be, in your wallet and don't waste it on this.

Overall, "Jennifer's Body" fails to impress, and does nothing but give you an excuse as to why you were so late getting home. Its one big excuse, that's all it is. An excuse for teenage boys to go out, watch this movie and love Fox even more. Granted she looks great but acting is career she has no future in. The movie has one or two funny quips here and there. But it's still not enough to save this movie from being exactly what it is. Another second rate, horror flop. Grade: D-