So when Jennifer’s Body came out, there was a ready-made narrative waiting for it: The script was trying too hard it was too sexualized, or maybe not sexy enough it was a trashy, empty B-movie with delusions of grandeur. In 2009, fresh off her Oscar win for Juno’s screenplay, Cody was considered a gimmicky one-hit wonder who was way too precious with her made-up slang, and Fox was considered a vapid Maxim cover girl best qualified to wash a car in a bikini in the Transformers movies. Jennifer’s Body had the misfortune to premiere in 2009, right at the height of simultaneous cultural backlash to Diablo Cody, who wrote the smart, sad, hyperstylized screenplay, and Megan Fox, who stars as the titular Jennifer and her body in what should have been a career-making turn. More precisely, Jennifer’s Body was always good, and everyone is just now starting to get on its level. It may have gotten a 44 percent on Rotten Tomatoes when it came out - and, even worse, a 34 percent audience rating - but the narrative is shifting: The internet is suddenly full of critics reclaiming the movie and naming it a forgotten feminist classic. Nearly 10 years after the feminist horror comedy Jennifer’s Body premiered, flopped, and was declared dead on arrival, it’s beginning to live again.
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