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Jennifer's Body - DVD Sales". The Numbers. Archived from the original on February 17, 2010 . Retrieved April 24, 2010. Nine years later, the tables have turned. Now, Jennifer’s Body shows up on New York Times lists of great horror movies directed by women. The Telegraph thinks it’s Cody’s “oddest and most intriguing work.” Syfy Wire has declared it “still socially relevant.”

a b c Hartlaub, Peter (September 18, 2009). " 'Jennifer Body' sags under weight of cleverness". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on September 30, 2009 . Retrieved September 20, 2009. Puig, Claudia (September 18, 2009). " 'Jennifer's Body': Kind of hot, but a little flabby in spots". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009 . Retrieved September 20, 2009. Evans, Ian; Lambert, Christine (2009), TIFF 2009: Jennifer's Body premiere photos, archived from the original on June 8, 2011 , retrieved November 27, 2009 At some point over the last 10 years, people began rediscovering Jennifer's Body via DVD/Blu-Ray and streaming services. And the narrative surrounding the film slowly started to shift; it's now being touted as an iconic feminist horror cult classic. (Fox also starred in the 2010 critical and box office failure, Jonah Hex, based on the DC Comics antihero, which did not experience the same redemptive arc—probably because it is a genuinely bad movie.)

What went wrong?

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.” Obviously we knew people were going to totally sensationalize it. They're beautiful girls, the scene is hot—I'm not afraid to say that. There is a sexual energy between the girls which is kind of authentic, because I know when I was a teen-aged girl, the friendships that I had with other girls were almost romantic, they were so intense. I wanted to sleep at my friend's house every night, I wanted to wear her clothes, we would talk on the phone until our ears ached. I wanted to capture that heightened feeling you get as an adolescent that you don't really feel as a grownup. (laughs) You like [your] friends when you're a grownup, but you don't need to sleep in the same bed with them and talk to them on the phone until 5 a.m. every night. [17] 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]

But when you try to view Jennifer’s Body as a spooky sex romp for men, it disappoints. None of the men in this movie have enough of a presence for audience members to project themselves onto, the way audiences could with Kristen Stewart’s Bella in Twilight. Kit, Borys; Simmons, Leslie (October 23, 2007). "Atomic has Cody 'Body,' Fox part". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010 . Retrieved February 11, 2008. (subscription required) Only Time Magazine's Mary F Pols seemed to have found a more subtle approach in the film, writing that "[Its] depiction of the ways in which women like Needy are willing to compromise themselves to indulge an ultimately less secure friend is spot-on." 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 ]

So much subtext

The film is filled with instances that tell us there is more than friendship between Jennifer and Needy. From one of the first scenes of the movie, when the two girls are called "totally lesbigay", to Jennifer's iconic line in a climactic scene, "I go both ways", to memories of the two playing "boyfriend and girlfriend" as children, Jennifer's Body establishes itself as a bisexual piece of cinema. If critics in 2009 had seen a horror film in which a boy is holding a girl's hand at a concert looking at her longingly only moments before she gets turned into a demon and he has to save her, they would have pointed out the romantic tone of the scene. But with two girls, they become mere friends and yet their intimacy is also considered sexual, pandering to a male audience. Machado, Carmen Maria (2022). "Both Ways". In Vallese, Joe (ed.). It Came From the Closet. New York City: The Feminist Press. pp.21–28. ISBN 9781952177798. OCLC 1325677846. The film has seen a resurgence in recent years, but it's the popularity it garnered inside the LGBTQ+ community that propelled its cult status. People who have found this film more than 10 years after its release have discovered a new story in it, freed from the rhetoric of its marketing campaign and the reading that critics gave it. A whole new generation of queer women can now see themselves in the characters of Needy and Jennifer in a way that few other films allowed in 2009 – or still allow even today.

To be honest, I didn't have fond memories of Jennifer's Body first time around. I think at the time I subconsciously discounted Megan Fox's performance given her role in the mostly forgettable Transformers and that was a mistake. When Nikolai is about to stab Jennifer, there is a distant shot where he says, "We have to make a really good impression on him," Jennifer isn't crying and her mouth is closed. Faraci, Devin (February 5, 2008). "Jennifer's body is going authentically Emo!". Chud.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2008 . Retrieved February 11, 2008.Hornaday, Ann (September 18, 2009). "Jennifer's Body". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012 . Retrieved September 20, 2009. a b c Sabella, Jen (August 18, 2009). "Amanda Seyfried rolls her eyes about kissing Megan Fox". AfterEllen.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2009 . Retrieved October 14, 2009.