10 years ago, critics hated Jennifer's Body. Here's why they were wrong.
Jennifer’s Body-esque dialogue to make things click? Or was it a deep dive into the convoluted, complex, and sometimes toxic nature of teen female friendships wrapped in the trappings of grindhouse horror?If one only takes the story at face value, the idea of one’s best friend turning into a terrorizing flesh-eating succubus that targets high school boys feels fairly unrelatable. In the real world, there are other ways to retain a,s bound to be a disappointment.
Looking back, this seems like a prescient premise. The reason so many reviews note the film’s unsatisfactory sexual content is because, in marketingto the male gaze, its creators also subverted it. Come for the scene of Jennifer and Needy making out, get hit in the face with an hour and forty-seven minutes of female storytelling. How do you like that, boys?
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