Jennifer's Body Critic Reviews

A wicked black comedy with unexpected emotional resonance, one of the most purely pleasurable movies of the year so far.Read the full review

It's not art, it's not “Juno,” it's not “Girlfight,” for that matter, but as a movie about a flesh-eating cheerleader, it's better than it has to be.Read the full review

Hot! Hot! Hot!Read the full review

The movie deserves -- and is likely to win -- a devoted cult following, despite its flaws.Read the full review

Admittedly, this is the stuff of lurid adolescent distraction, not great cinema. Jennifer's Body is strictly a niche item but provides a goofy, campy bookend to "Drag Me to Hell" on the B-movie shelf. Watch it, forget it, move on.Read the full review

Jennifer's Body is not as hot as you hope it would be.Read the full review

Diablo Cody's glib teen-hip dialogue mostly feels like self-conscious splatter over a sorely lackluster scare flick.Read the full review

A campy pastiche of horror and high-school movie cliches, the film only rises above standard-issue scare fare by dint of Cody's sneaky sense of humor.Read the full review

Enjoy the film for its witty dialogue and fun performances, but know that there isn't a single good scare. An episode of "Murder, She Wrote" has more thrills.Read the full review