I had some expectations for this film. Juno had excellent writing, and Diablo Cody showed us how to do a teenage horror film with bite, wit, and sarcasm with Jennifer's Boday. Somehow, she wrote this tired retred of stereotypical 80s film infused with her still there biting sarcasm and feminism. That I will give her.
But the film unfortunately takes a candy coated approach that leaves us in this world being shown fluffy toys and saying there is meaning and feeling inside of it.
What I saw was selfishness, and cruelty. There was no one that presented as deserving of any empathy or sympathy. Everyone had a trademarked flaw right from a John Hughes film. Ho Hum. The resolution seemed trite and meaningless after all the events of the film. Oh well.
Maybe something can be done to improve these crossover films, but I guess that would take the specialness of Jennifer's Body, and Freaky to combine feminism, social commentary, and horror. This was the film to do it.
But the film unfortunately takes a candy coated approach that leaves us in this world being shown fluffy toys and saying there is meaning and feeling inside of it.
What I saw was selfishness, and cruelty. There was no one that presented as deserving of any empathy or sympathy. Everyone had a trademarked flaw right from a John Hughes film. Ho Hum. The resolution seemed trite and meaningless after all the events of the film. Oh well.
Maybe something can be done to improve these crossover films, but I guess that would take the specialness of Jennifer's Body, and Freaky to combine feminism, social commentary, and horror. This was the film to do it.