COUCH POTATO - Jennifer's Body
Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 6:12PM 
Don't let the tacky trailers for this movie fool you... it's very good.
The acting is good.
The filming is good.
The story is excellent.
There is a subtlety to how the supernatural is handled in this movie. The gore isn't gratuitous at all.
Watch the Extended Version. I started watching it for the second time on the Theater Version with Fluffy Bear and had to turn it off and switch to the extended - I thought that things were being edited out that were too important.
And yes, this is a movie you can watch more than once. I appreciated the circular nature of the story better, now recognizing all the hints, the little sub plots.
There are so many themes in this movie apart from the obvious, a major one being the nature of friendship between two teenage girls. Diablo Cody (she also wrote Juno) really knows the teenage psyche, and the particular bond that exists between teenage girls, and how their friendship is real love, which can easily tip over in into the physical.
Speaking of which, there is one scene in this movie which any straight man will want to rewind again and again and again. As a woman, I have to admit I enjoyed it too.
And yes, don't worry, it does deliver on the horror movie quivers... parts of it are scary. Even Fluffy Bear jumped out of his skin once.
Diablo Cody also writes the United States of Tara (about a woman living with her own multiple personalities), so she has an understanding of the multiplicity of things, the co-existence of opposites. This shows through in the movie. Like when you watch Dexter, you aren't always sure that you want the villain to get taken down. Hell, you aren't always sure the villain is even a villain.
I really enjoyed this movie.
Twice.
Rent it.
But not with anyone under 21 around. Or your mom. If you have them in the room, you'll have more than one uncomfortable moment. Kick them out and enjoy the sex scenes for what they are. Even those bits are intelligently done.
And let me know what you thought of it.
Reader Comments (2)
I never got around to watching it, but I wanted to because the trailers made me laugh out loud. I'll have to check it out the next time I have a pajama weekend.
@upsidedownpinapple
It's a great movie for a day when you don't want to think, but it's also really well done.
Enjoy!