Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Body’

Written by Scott Edwards

There can be nothing better than hanging out with your friends over the holidays, especially when you have time to do so. With so much going on every day, it is easy to let days turn into months between seeing them and even though that is how the world tends to work, you don’t have to let it get you down. One of my favorite holidays for getting together with friends is Christmas, mainly because most everyone is in a jolly mood and while I have given up on the holiday from my retail days, I still like to get a little something for everyone. You can choose any holiday that you like to get together with your friends, there is nothing wrong with it, especially when you don’t get to see each other as much as you would like.

At the Greenberg house on Christmas Eve... Eve; Mel, Holly and Cali are looking for something fun to do. After smoking some grass on the back porch and giving into their munchies, Cali wants to do something fun with her friends. Being too young to eat themselves to sleep, she comes up with the idea to hit up her uncle’s house, since he will not be there.  Not being able to say no to their friend, Mel and Holly decide to go along for the ride. But while in the car, Holly breaks the first cardinal rule of the night by inviting her boyfriend to come and visit their special girls’ night out.

Finding the hidden key outside of the massive house, Cali invites her friends in and they get to see how the high class live their lives. With a quick tour and seeing the expensive cars in the garage, the girls have the time of their lives. With the booze flowing and the party not coming close to ending, Holly has to relieve herself. She finds the bathroom in her drunken state, but when she starts looking at the photos in the rooms when walking back to her friends, she sees something unexpected. All of the pictures are of an Asian family, which is a problem since Cali is a valley girl through and through and her friends know full well that none of her family are of Asian descent.

Asking Holly what she has seen in the rooms, the girls are completely shocked that they have just broken into someone’s house. Wanting to leave, the group is surprised by someone else entering the house as well. With their only foolproof plan to run being implemented, Holly gets caught by the man and accidentally pushes him down the stairs. Seeing the man lying motionless by the base of the stairs, the girls are talked out of calling someone for help by Cali, knowing that it will not only destroy their future, but the future of their families as well. Needing to come up with a plan of how to explain what happened, the girls agree on an attempted rape story, but choosing who will be the victim will be difficult, along with finding out that the dead man is not really dead.

This shows a very interesting outlook on life as the three friends discuss their options when killing a man. Knowing that they have left their mark all over the house, they cannot run and are forced to come up with the tough decisions, mainly about what to tell the cops when they finally decide to call for help. I must admit that Cali had some great ideas about how to cover up what actually happened in the house, with all of her C.S.I. viewing and such, even taking it to the next level when she knows something specific that will need to be proven in court. I was a little disappointed with Holly and Mel throughout, for not standing up for what they believe in and when they finally did, it was past the point of no return. Not to take anything away from the characters as they were all great, I just was a little upset with the storyline when it came to that. With best friends, booze, a dead body, a staged attempted rape scene, a living dead man and a girl fight, this was not too shabby of a viewing, it just could have used a little more Santa Claus since it was set in the season of giving. Stay Scared.

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