Pedro's Recent Reviews
Jennifer's Body
R
When a film is trying to be the object of cult, for the sake of it, it rarely stands the chance. I still think Jennfer's body will become a cult film in the future, but it's a mess. It's not scary (like great horror-comedies are) and it's never actually funny, just amusing and fun to watch. It is, however, wickedly sexy and compulsively entertaining. So much femininity can get smothering, but they - the women in the film - all deliver: Fox by just being what she's been for the last two years (read: the most provocative starlet since Angelina Jolie), Cody by putting her writing skills to good, albeit exaggerated use, Kusama by shooting the film with flair, and Seyfried (the best part of the film) by being such a fine and talented young actress. Which Fox isn't.
The Girlfriend Experience
R
Pure Soderbergh: distinct, polished, but unbearably irritating at times. But, of course, the lesson to take from here is that porn starts can act.


