The film's poster, featuring a tarted-up Fox in a schoolgirl's uniform, perched on the teacher's desk with the words "Hell yes!" scrawled on the chalkboard, didn't help matters. The trailer and poster made the film look like just another teen slasher B-movie, with the stereotypical high school hot girl as a murderous monster targeting horny teenaged boys, plus a bit of girl-on-girl action for some extra gratuitous titillation. There is none of the sly humor and sharp dialogue that makes Jennifer's Body such a nerdilicious delight, and there is no indication of just how well the film handles the intense and complicated relationship between Jennifer and Needy. Kit, Borys; Simmons, Leslie (February 8, 2008). "Seyfried in 'Body' cast". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010 . Retrieved February 11, 2008. (subscription required) So what causes this shift? How does Jennifer’s Body go from a failed sex romp to an ahead-of-its-time feminist cult classic in less than 10 years? A few actors from Diablo Cody's Juno (2007) appear in Jennifer's Body (2009). J.K. Simmons, Valerie Tian and Aman Johal. The film is also co-produced by Juno (2007) director Jason Reitman.

a b Jim Vejvoda (September 17, 2009). "Jennifer's Body Review. Jennifer's Body Review. Megan Fox's new movie isn't scary, funny or hot enough". IGN. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012 . Retrieved January 4, 2014. Megan Fox on the 'Make-Up Process' for Jennifer's Body at Hot Topic Event". maximotv. September 16, 2009.a b c d Murnane, Jamie (September 8, 2009). "Diablo Cody didn't do the same-sex kiss in "Jennifer's Body" for publicity". AfterEllen.com. Archived from the original on September 12, 2009 . Retrieved September 26, 2009. Hornaday, Ann (September 18, 2009). "Jennifer's Body". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012 . Retrieved September 20, 2009. The film is also conflicted from a visual point of view. While it is thematically subversive, it often looks every bit as scuzzy and sleazy as the horror films it is trying to subvert. The film is a very sexualised affair, and sometimes it's hard to tell whether the sexuality is there to challenge expectations or to simply pander to the whims of horny teenagers. As Aeon Flux demonstrated, Kusama has yet to find a distinctive style as a director, and the film suffers from having an aesthetic which all often resembles all the awful horror remakes produced by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes.

Stage one is beautiful Jennifer and then two and three were strictly makeup where her eyes become more recessed and she would start to look plain like the rest of us. And stage four was some custom dentures that KNB made for her, and then visual effects in stage four was mainly facial warping and recessing her eyes some more and having a pinning effect to her irises and a variety of other musculature deforms, just bringing her cheek bones down more. And stage five was the full on, as crazy as it gets, which you don't really see until near the end. [33] The A.V. Club described it as “clever for its own sake, a showy piece of writing that doesn’t have that all-important ballast of sincerity.” This movie is a commentary on girl-on-girl hatred, sexuality, the death of innocence, and also politics in the way the town responds to the tragedies [of the bloody deaths of several young men]. Any person who dares to respond in an unconventional way is branded a traitor,” said Cody. “It’s also just about fun — I wanted to write a really entertaining popcorn movie.” Broadly speaking, there are three different categories of cult film. The first, and rarest, are those which achieve success and whose cult status comes from being entrenched in a specific sub-culture - films likes Flash Gordon and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The second, and most typical, are those so far outside the mainstream that they never stood any real chance of turning a profit. Pink Flamingos, The Bed-Sitting Room and Eraserhead never courted popularity in the first place, being either knowing and provocative trash or at the weird end of the arthouse circuit. a b Rodriguez, Rene (September 18, 2009). "Jennifer's Body (R) **½: Flirting with greatness, bedeviled by timidity". The Miami Herald . Retrieved September 19, 2009. [ dead link]

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Music was incorporated as an essential part of the film; there are "very specific bands" placed in band posters in some parts, such as in the selection of the band poster on the walls of the bar. [14] Kusama said "[t]he music was a huge component of the movie" and this is first evident with "the songs that we see and hear performed, but then, just the vibe of the movie actually". She said, "As the movie progresses, it becomes a pretty clearly music-oriented movie. It's sort of a youth movie. Some of those bands were totally made up and some of them are not." [14] Release [ edit ] Critical response [ edit ] Jennifer's Body - DVD Sales". The Numbers. Archived from the original on February 17, 2010 . Retrieved April 24, 2010. The next morning at school, Jennifer appears fine and dismisses Needy's concerns, appearing apathetic to the fire tragedy. She seduces the school's football captain and disembowels him. Meanwhile, Low Shoulder gains popularity due to their falsely rumored heroism during the fire, and offer to make a charity appearance at the school's spring formal.