Jennifer’s Body Movie Reaction

December 2, 2022
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  2. There’s actually a fair bit more to this movie than it seems, including Megan Fox’s role specifically. In this movie she plays someone who is taken advantage of because of her appearance/sexuality, who is treated as disposable and a means to an end. Who in turn tries to use her sexuality to take control, because that’s all people (boys) see when they look at her anyway. This is something Megan Fox has talked about relating to a lot. That in a sense it was cathartic to play this character and kind of feel like she was, in some way, fighting back against those who always try to see her only through the lens of her sexuality.

    Honestly, I find it really funny/strange that you kind of said the point was just that Jennifer is hot. Like, this movie largely bombed at the box office because it was marketed toward horny teenage boys that just emphasized how hot she was (despite that the writer/director was making it to be aimed at a teenage girl audience). But she spends a lot of this movie vomiting like in The Exorcist, and chowing down on boys’ innards. It’s not particularly sexy. Beyond that, it’s also about the kind of intense, toxic friendships that some teenage girls have with each other. Ones that very often blur the line between platonic and romantic. Jennifer is honestly more dependent on Needy than Needy is on her, because Jennifer uses Needy to try to feel better about herself (again, she’s deeply insecure). It’s not a healthy relationship, but it’s an interesting and complex one.

    Which doesn’t mean that you need to love the movie or anything. There’s plenty of jokes that don’t work or dated moments, but I get why it’s a cult classic. And I DO think there’s actually a lot more to what it’s saying than you guys are giving it credit for, and a lot more intentionality behind the jokes that do and don’t work. Honestly, there are some really great video essays out there about the movie that I’d recommend checking out. In particular “Jennifer’s Body and the Horror of Bad Marketing” by Yhara Zayd.

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