'Jennifer's Body'

'Jennifer's Body' (R) **

Writer: Diablo Cody
Director: Karyn Kusama
Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Lance Henrickson, JK Simmons, Adam Brody

"Jennifer's Body" has a great talented writer in Diablo Cody, an ex stripper who won an Academy Award for writing the wonderful "Juno". It also has a hot new actress in Megan Fox but Fox and Cody can't get the job done in this one. This is a horror movie with Cody's pop culture references and witty quips that she uses in her writing. It is like the main character of Juno from that movie was transported to a horror movie but there is no fresh voice like Juno and no standout characters in this boring high school. I expected a sexy, over the top, gory and scary horror movie but this is too dull for that. Megan Fox isn't sexy enough and the movie surprisingly doesn't go for the jugular like Jennifer does. Yes there is a hot girl on girl kissing scene but it lasts for maybe three minutes. There is blood but why not go all out like Sam Raimi did for "Drag Me To Hell" earlier this year. Diablo Cody is very funny, cool and has a wild sense of humor so why isn't this more out there, bloodier, funnier and sexier? This is actually kind of tame and boring for a demonic and gory horror movie. The focus on the promotion for this movie has been Megan Fox and she is very beautiful and a lot of boys and men find her hot but she disappoints in this movie. If you viewed this movie and watched Fox for the first time you would wonder what all the fuss was about. Actually the other lead Amanda Seyfried is actually more beautiful and talented here playing the straight girl. Seyfried was glowing and beautiful and had a smile that lit up the screen in "Mama Mia" and she actually stole that movie from Meryl Streep. I find her the most interesting part of "Jennifer's Body" and now she has stolen two movies away from the leads. I think she may have a great career ahead of her. This movie is just a little roadblock for Seyfried and Cody on the way to better things.