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Jennifer's Body (comics)

Jennifer's Body
Jennifer holding books in her arms sitting on a school desk, wearing a red top and short plaid skirt, in front of a blackboard with the words HELL YES! written in chalk. A hand can be seen trapped by the lid of the schooldesk. The poster bears the tagline "She's evil... and not just high school evil" in white block capitals, with the film title underneath in large red block capitals.
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by Karyn Kusama
Produced by
Written by Diablo Cody
Starring
Music by
Cinematography M. David Mullen
Edited by Plummy Tucker
Production
company
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • September 10, 2009 (2009-09-10) (TIFF)
  • September 18, 2009 (2009-09-18) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $16 million
Box office $31.6 million
Jennifer's Body
Jennifer's Body CD Soundtrack.jpg
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released August 25, 2009 (2009-08-25)
Genre Pop punk, indie rock
Label Fueled by Ramen
Producer Josh Abraham, Bernard Butler, Ed Butler, Dave Cooley, JD Cronise, Max Dingel, Andy Ernest, John Feldmann, John Janick, Greg Kurstin, Larry Livermore, Randall Poster, Lissy Trullie, Kevin Weaver, Josh Wilbur, Hayley Williams
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars
BBC (unfavorable)

Jennifer's Body is a 2009 supernatural horror black comedy film written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama. The film stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, and Adam Brody. Fox portrays a demonically possessed high school girl who kills her male classmates, with her best friend striving to stop her. The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United States and Canada on September 18, 2009. The title is a reference to the song of the same name by alternative rock band Hole on their album Live Through This. As a tie-in to the film, Boom! Studios produced a Jennifer's Body graphic novel, released in August 2009.

Working with Cody again following their collaborative efforts on the film Juno, Jason Reitman stated he and his producers "want to make unusual films". Cody said she wanted the film to speak to female empowerment and explore the complex relationships between best friends.

The film had a lackluster performance at the North American box office, making $2.8 million its opening day and $6.8 million its opening weekend, and received mixed reviews from critics; whereas negative reviews criticized the narrative and, specifically, the horror/comic premise for "fail[ing] to be either funny or scary enough to satisfy", positive reviews praised the film for its dialogue, Megan Fox's and supporting performances, and emotional resonance.

Anita "Needy" Lesnicki, once an insecure and bookish teenager living near Devil's Kettle, Minnesota, is now a violent mental inmate who narrates the story as a flashback while in solitary confinement. She has been friends with a selfish and popular cheerleader, Jennifer Check, since childhood, despite having little in common. One night, Jennifer takes Needy to a local dive bar to attend a concert by indie rock band Low Shoulder. A suspicious fire engulfs the bar, killing several people, and Jennifer, who is in shock, agrees to leave with the band despite Needy's protests. Later that evening, Jennifer, covered in blood, appears in Needy's kitchen and proceeds to eat food from the refrigerator. Unable to digest the matter, she vomits a trail of black, spiny fluid and then leaves in a hurry as Needy calls after her.


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