Genre: Romance, Comedy, Teenage, School / Campus, Love, Drugs, Blackmail, Coming Of Age, Racy
Tagline: Matt never saw her coming... but all his friends had!
Plot: In the tradition of RISKY BUSINESS and AMERICAN PIE comes THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, a sex-soaked teen comedy that actually has a heart. High school graduation is nearing for senior class president Matt Kidman (Emile Hirsch), who has been more concerned with getting into college than partying. But all that changes one night when the gorgeous Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert) arrives next door. Engaging, funny, and wild, Danielle is Matt's dream girl come to life, and it appears that she likes him back. But before the two can consummate their relationship, his porn-obsessed friend Eli (Chris Marquette) reveals a shocking secret: Danielle's a porn star! When her wacky producer, Kelly (Timothy Olyphant), shows up to take her back to "work," Matt's life really begins to spiral out of control. All the while, he must continue to rehearse an incredibly important speech that will hopefully earn him a major scholarship. But, most importantly, Matt must win the heart of Danielle once and for all.Directed with irreverent yet good-natured sincerity by Luke Greenfield, with an all-star soundtrack (Marvin Gaye, Elliott Smith), THE GIRL NEXT DOOR has a breezy charm that might surprise some viewers. This is due in large part to Hirsch and Cuthbert, who deliver assured and engaging performances that help to
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 Opposites attract in this nimble comedy that transcends teen-pic formulas.--Sheri Linden (Hollywod Reporter)
The Girl Next Door builds up enough good will during its successful first half that we're willing to forgive some of the strange and disappointing convolutions the plot takes us through during the final 45 minutes.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Don't call it a teen flick. This story of a boy and the porn actress next door takes itself too seriously for that.--Charles Taylor (Salon)
It's a startling idea that you can watch a youth comedy that contains considerable sexual content, drug use and violence, and think of it as a cut above the norm. But there it is. "Girl" is an entertaining affair whose wild-card creativity never ceases to surprise.--Desson Thomson (Washington Post)
But despite all of the film’s faults, enough to rip Girl to pieces, I actually enjoyed the movie enough to recommend it! I was pleasantly surprised with how often it made me laugh  --David Levine (FilmCritic.com)
This is a wonderful movie for everyone, with star-making performances by Marquette and Hirsch, and a breakthrough performance from Cuthbert that will likely do for her what Clueless did for Alicia Silverstone.  --Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)
The movie also makes great use of classic rock songs and when you combine this with the story's heartfelt core, we're almost in Cameron Crowe territory. "The Girl Next Door" is as funny as Elisha Cuthbert is sexy, and that's saying a lot!  --Kevin N. Laforest (Montreal Film Journal)
The Girl Next Door is a pleasant surprise, funny and sweet, yet far more sexy and daring than your average high school or college gross-out comedy. 76/100--Brian Webster (Apollo Guide)
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR isn't your average teen gross-out comedy with tits, ass, sex, beer and drugs but a sweeter, kinder and more importantly, more original movie that dares to take time to develop its two lead characters with real moments, while at the same time, dropping plenty of humor into its raunchy bucket in order to keep the laughs chugging along all the way to the end. 7/10--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
'THE Girl Next Door" is a teen sex- ploitation comedy that updates "Risky Business" for the Jenna Jameson era of mainstreamed pornography  --Jonathan Foreman (New York Post)
In the end, The Girl Next Door isn't much more than an extended E! True Hollywood Story, far tamer than some viewers might be expecting in its depiction, nevertheless compelling, of life in the porn biz.  --Sarah Hepola (Austin Chronicle)
So, despite what you might think, The Girl Next Door is more than just a pretty face with some raunchy jokes (although pretty faces and raunchy jokes do abound). Director Luke Greenfield, along with the writers, do a great job with this caring but amusing story and the stars of the film really shine. 7/10--W. Andrew Powell (The Gate.ca)
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Luke Greenfield
The Animal, Untitled Luke Greenfield/Stewart Schill Project, The Holiday Club |
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 | Emile Hirsch
Lords of Dogtown, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The Emperor's Club | James Remar
What Lies Beneath, Blade: Trinity, 2 Fast 2 Furious | | Paul Dano
Taking Lives, The Emperor's Club, L.I.E. | Timothy Bottoms
Elephant, The Last Picture Show, The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | |
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David Gray
A Way of Life, This Year's Love, Brit Awards 2003 | |
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| Its own feverish confusion, that is, may be an accurate reflection of a social landscape that includes both abstinence-only sex education and ''Girls Gone Wild.'' --A.O. Scott (The New York Times)
...a dishonest, quease-inducing "comedy" that had me feeling uneasy and then unclean. Who in the world read this script and thought it was acceptable?  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
About as realistic as, erm - an episode of '24'. But bags of fun with it. 7/10--Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
The Girl Next Door features an attractive, likeable cast, a decent script and some very funny gags – if you’re fifteen years old and male, there’s every chance that you might think this is The Greatest Movie Ever Made. --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
The Girl Next Door is an entrancing treasure of a film with the ability to touch you deeply, make you roll with laughter, smile with joy, and feel.  --Dustin Putman (The Movie Insider)
A plucky teen sex comedy that exceeds its navel-gazing marketing campaign, The Girl Next Door is also a fairly accurate reflection of these confused times for America, that legendary prude. --Kimberley Jones (Austin Chronicle)
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