Without any spoilers or giving away too many plot points, the movie is this girl Needy, her boyfriend, and her friend Jennifer. Needy, portrayed by Amanda Siegfried from Mama Mia, is the narrator/main character and is somewhat comparable to the main character Diablo Cody's first film, Juno. Like Juno, she has a slightly gawyky boyfriend, and a popular "cheerleader" friend. The difference is that her boyfriend is edgier, she longs to be popular instead of being content with her scene, and her friend Jennifer could eat Olivia Thurby's character (Juno's friend) for lunch. Cut to the chase, Jennifer and Needy go to see an Indie Rock band, and Jennifer comes back some sort of Cannibal/Vampire/Demon. She needs to eat people to get power, so she eats guys at school. As the story progresses, there is also some question of the band's involvement in her condition.
Now, I know that after reading this paragraph, there are people at home that think this sounds like some B-movie horror plot with big budget actors and actresses thrown in. But here's the thing, it's a comedy! And it's not a sloppy "Disaster Movie" kind of cheap slapstick laughs, it has clever and funny dialogue incorporated to a script that has strong characters making difficult decisions. I think just because Megan Fox is in it, everyone just assumes that it has to be bland as Transformers 2. I don't have a problem with the Transformers films, I'm just saying that since they're not plot driven, critics wrongly assume the talent in the film will be unable to act in others films just because they did one CGI series. Personally, I interpret a lot of the Megan Fox comments from critics online as misogyny. She's a woman that speaks her mind to the press and doesn't always say the predictable answers in interviews, why is that a bad thing. Who cares if she is interested in modeling etc., it doesn't mean she can't act. Nobody says that Bruce Willis can't act when he appears on magazines.
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