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    Channel 4 Film's Catherine Bray is one of the few to deliver a positive verdict, and even she can only summon up three and a half stars out of a possible five. "Jennifer's Body has more to say about the dynamics of teenaged female friendship, sexual power games and the trials of adolescence than many a more self-consciously worthy film, but even without this uplifting backbone it would still be an above averagely entertaining night at the cinema ... At last, a film for girls (and right-minded boys) that cuts out Bridget Jones-style whinging about wobbly thighs, dispenses with obsessive Jane Austen husband-seeking and completely ignores the naff materialism of Sex and the City in favour of a funny fable about high-school friendship and sexual awakening." Our own Peter Bradshaw is also quietly impressed. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
    Jennifer's Body has more to say about the dynamics of teenaged female friendship, sexual power games and the trials of adolescence than many a more self-consciously worthy film, but even without this uplifting backbone it would still be an above averagely entertaining night at the cinema ... At last, a film for girls (and right-minded boys) that cuts out Bridget Jones-style whinging about wobbly thighs, dispenses with obsessive Jane Austen husband-seeking and completely ignores the naff materialism of Sex and the City in favour of a funny fable about high-school friendship and sexual awakening.
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 3 weeks ago