Jennifer's Body
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: September 18, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
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38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Jennifer’s Body falls into the dispiriting category of dumb movies made by smart people, in this case a glibly clever writer and a talented director who think a few wisecracks are enough to subvert the teen horror genre. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Cody’s script fails in the fundamentals. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderNoah Berlatsky
Overall, though, the flashes of competence just emphasize the extent to which the film has no idea what it's doing. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Jennifer's Body mixes, matches, and crosses three popular genres: horror, comedy, and teen angst. Unfortunately, it fails at all of them - and "fails" might be too kind a term. Read full review
20
SalonStephanie Zacharek
So contemptuous toward its own characters, and its audience, that it chokes off any visceral thrills it might have offered. The movie substitutes calculation for brains, and the filmmakers seem to think we'll all be too stupid to notice. Read full review
10
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
This is the sophomore production from "Juno" screenwriter Diablo Cody, similarly told through ultra-stylized slangy teen dialogue, which is cool, in theory, in the way it respects the verbal resourcefulness of idle flyover kids, but is excruciating to listen to in actual fact. Read full review
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