A few years back came out a little movie called Juno. Critics and audiences went nuts about it, writer Diablo Cody won an oscar and Jason Reitman went on the be a big name, oscar nominated director and everyone was happy. Insert sarcasm here. Juno was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. EVER. Not only was it a badly written mess with dialogue so awful it was painful, but it made teen pregnancy cute and unrealistic and may have led to a rise in said practice nationwide (particularly here in Gloucester). In short, it was a disaster that in no way should have been nominated let alone won. Worse, Juno was actually a better movie than this garbage heap.
This was the worst movie I've seen in some time. Any future movie with stripper turned screenwriter (really?) Cody is a must miss. Her dialogue is so fake and off putting that it single handedly ruins any movie. That being said everything else about this movie was just as bad.
The plot could actually have been something. Jennifer, played well by hottie Megan Fox, is the only thing in this movie that didn't make we want to bash the TV in. Her character is idiotic but that's the writer's fault not hers and I think she does great with the little she had to work with. She gets possessed by a demon, eats boys, while her nerdy best friend Needy (Amanda Sieyfried) is wasted in a thankless role that grows more pointless by the moment. She's psychic for some unknown reason never explained. Eventually the big showdown between the two happens and no one cares.
The directing was god awful by Karyn Kusama who's only real credit was the equally awful Aeon Flux. Some one needs to stop her before she directs again. I don't think I could take another crap fest that she consistently delivers. During a sex scene between Needy and her boyfriend the director inter cuts between Jennifer and her latest victim. Painful to sit through. Pointless to watch.
In a horror film about a demon succubus, nudity is a MUST. Not in a gratuitous way but a demon that uses sex to kill you would think a few nude scenes would be effective. Her breasts could have been turned into eyes or tentacles or a million other cool things that this film had no intention of doing. One scene had Fox swimming naked for no reason. Any nudity? No. Then why this scene. UGH.
This film could have really been something with a different writer and director. It could been funny social satire. Instead it died a rotten stinking corpse. Avoid at all costs.
0 stars out of 5
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