Jennifer's Body is about Megan Fox and how she gains demonic powers and eats teenage boys to stay strong. Sounds rad, right? It is. It's very funny, somewhat scary, and (!) heartbreaking. The MVP is writer Diablo Cody, whose wittiness is all over the movie from start to finish, and many of the lines ("Do you want to be famous like those Maroon 5 guys?") had me LOLing. This could have been another boring slasher movie, but the writing adds a self-awareness to it that made me chuckle. When Megan Fox levitates, it's not "OHMIGOD SHE'S IN THE AIR!!" Instead, it's something like "Oh God, she's levitating. Is there anything she can't do? Yawn." The creators know that this type of movie is absurd, and they're admitting it, and I'm totally buying it. The filmmaking was pretty sleek as well, and there's one scene involving Fox swimming nude in a lake that comes to mind as being, uh, really well done. Did I mention Megan Fox yet? She pretty much owns her role as a super bitch and probably should've been in Mean Girls. In terms of the deeper stuff, Jennifer's Body has some of that as well. It's a movie about the power of influence, about how girlfriends influence each other and how girls influence boys. I think it's important for young guys to see that while the girl you're fooling around with probably won't eat your flesh, she might give you an STD or she might get preggers.
Jennifer's Body is wildly entertaining, and will be enjoyed best at the theater with a large tub of popcorn on your lap.
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