Jennifer's Body, 2009

Diablo Cody's second dive into high school culture takes a decidedly different turn than it did in Juno. Instead of giving us a sarcastically charming character like Juno, Cody delivers a vampire-like beast in Jennifer (Megan Fox). The dialog remains unique and fresh, but the feeling leaving the theater is drastically different. It's still not a bad a thing, just not as good as Juno. Jennifer's Body is a horror film that doesn't take itself too seriously, and Cody doesn't lose her grasp of how teenagers think it's worse to lose $12 dollars on a corsage than getting killed by a boy-easting hottie. The brief moments where, at the height of tension, a character says something like "my tit," or "I care about you, not just because I made love to you for four minutes last night," are wonderful. But Jennife's Body isn't for everyone. Other critics have written that this is "Twilight for boys" and Cody seems to be mocking herself with the script. I can see both of those things, and those critics probably weren't fans of Juno. I was, and think Cody created another successful film, but it doesn't have enough heart to be a lasting movie, and it's a bit silly at times. tinyurl.com/filmfan

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