Jennifer's Body
Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.
Critics Sentiment
Jennifer climbs into Needy's bed and kisses her before revealing the sacrifice
Jennifer lures Chip to the abandoned pool and feeds on him as Needy arrives
The film swings from its peak at the intimate and erotically charged bedroom kiss between Jennifer and Needy (7.8) down through the emotionally underpowered final-act kills, bottoming out at Chip's death at the abandoned pool (5.2), a drop of 2.6 points driven by reviewers feeling the script piled on losses without sufficient character investment.
Jennifer's Body opens with genuine promise, buoyed by strong lead chemistry and an effectively unsettling bar-fire set piece, before reaching its emotional and critical peak in the charged bedroom scene between Jennifer and Needy. The film's middle and final acts suffer from a tonal imbalance that reviewers consistently identified, as Cody's satiric voice loses its sharpness and the horror-comedy blend fails to fully cohere. The ending recovers modest goodwill through its darkly satisfying revenge coda and a celebrated soundtrack, leaving the film as an uneven but intermittently effective cult curiosity that most reviewers felt underperformed its own ambitions.
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Megan Fox
Jennifer
Amanda Seyfried
Needy
Johnny Simmons
Chip
Adam Brody
Nikolai
Sal Cortez
Chas
Ryan Levine
Mick
Juan Riedinger
Dirk
Colin Askey
Keyboardist
Chris Pratt
Roman Duda
Juno Rinaldi
Officer Warzak
Kyle Gallner
Colin Gray
Josh Emerson
Jonas Kozelle
J.K. Simmons
Mr. Wroblewski
Amy Sedaris
Needy's Mom
Cynthia Stevenson
Chip's Mom
Nicole Leduc
Camille
Aman Johal
Ahmet from India
Dan Joffre
Raymundo
Candus Churchill
Nutritionist
Carrie Genzel
Jennifer's Mom
Crew
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