Jennifer Check (Megan Fox) and Needy Lesnicky (Amanda Seyfried) are life-long bestfriends.
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Jennifer is a classic teen queen who rule in the school. Boys lust after her, she's the head cheerleader, and maybe it does her ego good to have needy Needy trailing along. But then she's transformed into, not a vampire exactly, although she does go for after throats with bared teeth. She's some kind of demon or monster, sort of undefined, whose mission in life becomes attacking teenage boys.
A lot of strong elements that never really add up. Fox is savvy about using her sex appeal to her advantage, and gets some great dialogue from Cody to help give her more life on screen than she’s ever had before (ironic, since she’s playing someone undead). Seyfried’s performance goes beyond the standard horror heroine to uncover the inner life of a teen girl who hates her best friend whether either of them know it or not. Simmons is a promising male standout in a female-dominated project. And the first time we see Jennifer post-possession—when she’s caked in blood, spewing spiny black vomit on a kitchen floor—the movie seems set to deliver on its “Heathers” meets “Evil Dead” potential. But the tension never escalates, the stakes are raised in only perfunctory ways, there’s no connection with Jennifer’s victims and we never get a real feeling for Jennifer herself. Is her story tragic? Hilarious? Weirdly inspiring? It could have been, but instead “Jennifer’s Body” plays it safe and familiar.
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