It was like Juno but with blood and a hot lezzy kissing scene. Not surprisingly this freak film was written by Diablo Cody, the same tattooed writer who penned Juno.
The only real problem I had with this movie is the same problem I had with Juno: the dialog is almost too kitschy and clever for its own good. While watching Juno I'd laugh, but some part of my brain would get upset over the fact that no one, teenaged or otherwise, talks with such heavy doses of lingo. Thankfully, all the slang in this movie is relegated to Megan Fox's bitchy ice queen high school character where it can be considered somewhat believable.
This movie is Megan Fox's perfect role. The entire male population has gone googly-eyed over this salty morsel because of her bangin' bod, though in reality her bod is no different than half the other nearly nude starlets in Hollywood; what makes Fox the stuff of wet dreams is her eyes, her eyes that seem to say, "Yes, I will fuck you, but only until House comes on." She IS the slutty girl in high school who slept with everyone except for you and so she really doesn't have to do any acting, which is perfect for her.
I can now, however, effectively end my ogling of her. Sure, I will look at magazine spreads of her and I won't be able to help what parts of my body blood rushes to, but I can no longer see her as anything else but a soulless husk with a pretty shell. If her acting could get any closer to wooden you could easily mistake her for a IKEA's latest stick of furniture.
Her counterpart in the film, Amanda Seyfried, has got some real chops, or at least she does in comparison to Fox. The scenes that Megan can't carry by looking super duper sexified, Amanda holds with talent. She plays a character who has to be strong and vulnerable, frightened and brave, insane and sane at the same time and does so with colors that fly from here to eternity. I hope she can make a career out of this, I really do.
In fact, the entire cast does a great job of going far above the mahogany floor that is Fox's acting. The teenagers act like teenagers, the teachers are teachers. The only problem with the acting is that there isn't more of it from J.K. Simmons (the dad from Juno) and Amy Sedaris (from Strangers With Candy). You have a couple veterans of film with huge talent and they are on and off screen in less than 10 minutes.
Jennifer's Body is a collection of things that are so bad they are good and so good they are great.
867-5309 stars.
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