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Jennifer's Body (2009)

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Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 168
Fresh: 72 | Rotten: 96

Jennifer's Body features occasionally clever dialogue but the horror/comic premise fails to be either funny or scary enough to satisfy.

Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 20

Jennifer's Body features occasionally clever dialogue but the horror/comic premise fails to be either funny or scary enough to satisfy.

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Demon possession, devilish cheerleaders, and Satanic rock stars are all on the chopping block with this horror comedy from the production team behind Juno. Screenwriter Diablo Cody provides the script, with producing duties handled by Jason Reitman and Dan Dubiecki. The story centers on an impish high-school student (Amanda Seyfried) who has to protect her town against her best friend, Jennifer (Megan Fox), who after being bedeviled by an evil rock band, develops a taste for human flesh.

R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Karyn Kusama

Written By: Diablo Cody

In Theaters: Sep 18, 2009 Wide

On DVD: Dec 29, 2009

Box Office:$16.0M

20th Century Fox

'Jennifer's Body': Kusama-Cody's Post-"Carrie" Horror Feminism Is Inept

October 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Passionate Moviegoer

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Joe Baltake

Passionate Moviegoer

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The flashes of competence just emphasize the extent to which the film has no idea what it's doing.

September 21, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Noah Berlatsky

Chicago Reader

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[Cody's] glib teen-hip dialogue mostly feels like self-conscious splatter over a sorely lackluster scare flick.

September 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

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Apparently, there's nothing like lean and hungry times to awaken the undead.

September 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

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There are probably worse ways to go out than being devoured by Fox... but the film squanders all the fun from what could have been a hilarious, gore-filled romp.

September 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Detroit News

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

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Director Karyn Kusama finds resonant terror in details: the look Anita and Jennifer exchange before Jen's fateful ride, or a victim's last-minute ah-hah.

September 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Denver Post

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Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

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In trying to create a modern horror take on Mean Girls (2004), in which the protagonists redefine their rivalries through physical instead of verbal viciousness, she has merely delivered an updated, dumbed-down rehash of Carrie (1976).

March 25, 2011 Full Review Source: sbs.com.au

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Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

With women calling the shots on this production, I'm sure we're supposed to think this is empowerment, but I'm not sure this is what feminism is really about.

July 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Screenwize

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Cris Kennedy

Screenwize

Has substantial bite.

March 30, 2010 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Kusama and Cody don't fully succeed in making Jennifer's Body as clever as intended, but...they unleash some potent ideas and subvert the genre

January 31, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

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Mark Pfeiffer

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Jennifer's Body's parts aren't working, so in its bid to become a clever cult movie, it ends up looking like it's trying too hard.

January 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies

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Jeffrey Chen

Window to the Movies

Just when we think we 'get' where Cody and Kusama are taking us, they thwart expectations and cinematic standards%u2026but not always in a good way.

January 8, 2010 Full Review Source: PopMatters

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Bill Gibron

PopMatters

Jennifer's Body is full of ideas, but it doesn't have much in the way of tonal control.

January 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

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Bryant Frazer

Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

Jennifer's Body is not funny, nor is it sexy (the girls keep their clothes on), nor is it scary (it's all just special effects).

January 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Come on in, the slaughter's fine.

January 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Fantastica Daily

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Staci Layne Wilson

Fantastica Daily

Some weakly constructed things are better left asleep in their coffins.

January 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Signals

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Jules Brenner

Cinema Signals

Like a sloppy episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

January 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs

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Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

Diablo Cody and director Karyn Kusama seem less interested in cheap scares than in something more substantive: exploring the purgatorial existence of teens caught between being kids and adults.

January 2, 2010 Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner

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Rossiter Drake

San Francisco Examiner

Megan Fox needs to set her sights a little higher now that she has some clout in Hollywood.

December 26, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

By the time we know what's wrong with Jennifer's body, we just don't care. Movie just sucks the life out of horror fans. Paul Chambers, CNN.

December 23, 2009 Full Review Source: CNNRadio

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Paul Chambers

CNNRadio

Glossy teen horror-comedy is full of gore and sex.

December 21, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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James Rocchi

Common Sense Media

Attempting to instill wit into a witless horror flick, Diablo Cody shows that her faux-hip dialogue does not a feature make.

December 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy

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Wesley Lovell

Oscar Guy

Devil's Kettle might as well have been called Crock Pot.

December 6, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinemalogue.com

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Rubin Safaya

Cinemalogue.com Source: Cinemalogue.com

Jennifer is dead-eyed and impassive, but a good actress might yet have played her in a lively, knowing way. Fox's dead-eyed impassiveness seems all too much her own.

November 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Times [UK]

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Edward Porter

Times [UK]

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Black horror comedy for teens starring Megan Fox? indeed. Ooook first problem here is the fact this film is rated R, so teens can't see it, at least young teens who lust after celebs like this and adults will find this complete and utter poo soooooo......Plot is utterly utterly inept and simply revolves around a rock

April 19, 2012

Phil Hubbard

Super Reviewer

When it came out, "Jennifer's Body" looked like it would be a massive hit, bringing Riot Grrl attitude to a long-overdue girls-on-top reversal of many of the tropes of the horror genre. Dreamed up by Diablo Cody (fresh off her Oscar-winning triumph with "Juno") and starring superstar Megan Fox, it seemed like a sure

March 25, 2012

William Dunmyer

Super Reviewer

Jennifer's Body Quotes

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1. Chip: Knock it off, Camille!
2. Camille: You knock it off, Chip! You're a penis cheese!
– Submitted by Nikki-Lee P (4 months ago)
1. Chip: I think I already died when you got here. But I woke up when I heard you're voice.
– Submitted by Marc L (7 months ago)
1. Needy: You killed my f**king boyfriend, you goddamn monster!
– Submitted by Marc L (7 months ago)
1. Jennifer: [Grabs Needy's breasts]
2. Jennifer: These are like smart bombs, you point them in the right direction and shit gets real.
– Submitted by Alma V (7 months ago)
1. Nutritionist: Just one Toastem, huh?
2. Needy: I like Toastems.
3. Nutritionist: That's good. But I'm not sure a Toastem can provide you with sufficient energy for your day. I'd recommend more complex carbohydrates.
4. Needy: [Needy kicks the Nutritionist so hard, it sends her flying across several tables before hitting the floor tooth onto the floor]
5. Needy: I recommend that you shut the fuck up! [spits on her as the Nutritionist spits a bloody tooth onto the floor]
– Submitted by Alma V (7 months ago)

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