詹妮弗的肉体 英文影评 Jennifer's Body

Diablo Cody thriller turns out to be a ‘Twilight' for boys

Just what we were waiting for, “Twilight” for boys, with Megan Fox in the Robert Pattinson role, except that I recall Pattinson was shirtless. Diablo Cody's next screenplay after “Juno” is a 180-degree reversal, with the heroine now transformed into a fiend who eats the flesh of teenage boys. Can you imagine Juno's poor boyfriend, Michael Cera, with steak sauce?

“Jennifer's Body” opens on a deceptively light note in high school, introducing Jennifer Check (Fox) and Needy Lesnicky (Amanda Seyfried) as lifelong best friends. Jennifer is the hottest and most popular babe in school, and Needy is — well, needy. Surely that's her nickname? What parents would name a child Needy?

Jennifer is your classic teen queen who rules the school. Boys lust after her, she's the head cheerleader, and maybe it does her ego good to have needy Needy trailing along. But then she's transformed into, not a vampire exactly, although she does go for after throats with bared teeth. She's some kind of demon or monster, sort of undefined, whose mission in life becomes attacking teenage boys.

Her image gives her a valuable weapon in satiating her unwholesome appetites. Timid lads who would never dream of dating Jennifer now find her unexpectedly friendly, even seductive. One kid even gets invited to her home. This turns out to be a creepy empty house. Why do characters always enter creepy empty houses and feel their way in the dark, when they should stand outside on the sidewalk and whistle?

Jennifer gets away with murder because, well, who would expect the y and popular cheerleader to be a secret drinker of blood and quite possibly a devourer of flesh? Only Needy suspects the horrifying reality, and finally it is she who stands between Jennifer and more victims, including a nice kid like Chip Dove (Johnny Simmons), who you know is a nice kid because his name, after all, is Chip Dove, and what kind of name is that for a villain?

It's easy to go on like this, but I'd be missing something. There is within Diablo Cody the soul of an artist, and her screenplay brings to this material a certain edge, a kind of gleeful relish, that's uncompromising. This isn't your assembly-line teen horror thriller. The portraits of Jennifer and Needy are a little too knowing, the dialogue is a little too off-center, the developments are a little too quirky. After you've seen enough teen thrillers, you begin to appreciate these distinctions. Let's put it this way: I'd rather see “Jennifer's Body” again than “Twilight.”

Megan Fox is an interesting case. We think of her as a star, but this is actually her first leading role. She didn't get to No. 18 on Maxim's Hot 100 list of 2007 for acting. (The top post went to Lindsay Lohan. How quickly times change.) Fox is also famous for her many tattoos, but in researching that aspect of her image, I made an encouraging discovery. Anyone can have a tattoo of a butterfly. Been there, done that. But Megan Fox has a tattoo that quotes “King Lear”: “We will laugh at gilded butterflies.” How cool is that? Plus, so far, there are no tiresome rumors about booze and drugs. www.130q.com

Fox did her career a lot of good with the two “Transformer” movies, but this is her first chance to really perform, and you know what? She comes through. She has your obligatory projectile vomiting scene and somehow survives it, she plays the role straight, and she looks great in a blood-drenched dress with her hair all straggly. Amanda Seyfried makes a plucky heroine.

The film is directed by Karyn Kusama, who in the splendid “Girlfight” (2000), introduced Michelle Rodriguez. She handles this material efficiently and with a certain relish. 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.

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剧情简介

詹妮弗原本是明尼苏达小镇的风云人物，身为啦啦队长的她，生活过的很让人艳羡。然而在突然被魔鬼附身后，詹妮弗变成了一个嗜血狂人，专门吃镇上年轻男性的肉体，甚至还拥有了一群信徒。詹妮弗最好的朋友面对此种情况，不知该如何是好，是杀掉詹妮弗拯救其他人，还是只顾自己袖手旁观呢？

关于影片

趁着《变形金刚2》火热上映的势头，性感“金刚妹”梅根•福克斯主演的惊悚新作《詹妮弗的肉体》首度曝光预告片，直接限制级，毫不吝啬的奉献出血浆与美女。不知道看过本片之后，各位男士会对梅根的致命性感心生畏惧，还是生发出“辣妞裙下死，做鬼也风流”的感慨呢？
 

《詹妮弗的肉体》的故事由凭《朱诺》而荣获奥斯卡原创剧本奖的编剧迪亚波罗•科蒂编写。电影讲述了詹妮弗（梅根•福克斯 饰）原本是明尼苏达小镇的风云人物，身为啦啦队长的她，生活过的很让人艳羡。然而在突然被魔鬼附身后，詹妮弗变成了一个嗜血狂人，专门吃镇上年轻男性的肉体，甚至还拥有了一群信徒。詹妮弗最好的朋友（由曾出演《妈妈咪呀！》的阿曼达•塞弗里德饰演）面对此种情况，不知该如何是好，是杀掉詹妮弗拯救其他人，还是只顾自己袖手旁观呢？
 

影片的主创们希望电影能抓住那些老恐怖片中趣味与惊吓兼备的特质，燃起观众的怀旧之情。影片预告片本来是要在周五《布鲁诺》公映时随片首次亮相，但其已经在网上火爆流传开来。之后还会有高清版预告片奉上。
 

《詹妮弗的肉体》将于2009年9月18日美国上映。

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