FBMR - The Girl Next Door

Call me a sucker for teen flicks, but I really liked this movie. It definitely wasn’t your average high-school-kid-falls-for-the-girl-next-door-who-happens-to-be-a-porn-star story. There’s much more going on that just that. And you don’t even have to be into or know much about porn to enjoy this film (although it doesn’t hurt). It’s much more than just “a little funny”. When I saw the previews, it looked like it would be a lot of fun, but I wasn’t expecting it to be as good and funny as it was.

Good-looking jocks and cheerleaders rule the school (so what else is new?), and the school president, Matthew (Emile Hirsch), is more of an outcast than anything else. Though not a full-out nerd, his academics are important to him. He longs to do crazy and care-free things the jocks and cheerleaders get away with. When Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert), moves in next door, she takes his breath away and helps him out with some crazy adventures. When he finds out that she’s a porn star, the trouble begins. Her producer, Kelly (Timothy Olyphant), finds her and wants to get her back in the business. He’s very charming, but not without his dark side. Meanwhile, Matthew has been accepted to Georgetown University but can only go if he gets a scholarship based on a speech he’s prepared about “Moral Fibre”.

It’s a fairly long film, just over two hours, but it’s so packed with antics and conflict that it would almost have been disappointing if it weren’t as long as it was. I loved the connection Matthew and Danielle have. Kelly is a great character. There were some bizarre random lines that were way out there that made me laugh. In fact, there were quite a few big laugh moments, some very predictable, some surprising. It’s actually quite a sweet movie, too. Lots of fun!


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THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (2004) ***1/2 Call me a sucker for teen flicks, but I really liked this movie. It definitely wasn’t your average high-school-kid-falls-for-the-girl-next-door-who-happens-to-be-a-porn-star story. There’s much more going on that just that. And you don’t even have to be into or know much about porn to enjoy this film (although it doesn’t hurt). It’s much more than just “a little funny”. When I saw the previews, it looked like it would be a lot of fun, but I wasn’t expecting it to be as good and funny as it was. Good-looking jocks and cheerleaders rule the school (so what else is new?), and the school president, Matthew (Emile Hirsch), is more of an outcast than anything else. Though not a full-out nerd, his academics are important to him. He longs to do crazy and care-free things the jocks and cheerleaders get away with. When Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert), moves in next door, she takes his breath away and helps him out with some crazy adventures. When he finds out that she’s a porn star, the trouble begins. Her producer, Kelly (Timothy Olyphant), finds her and wants to get her back in the business. He’s very charming, but not without his dark side. Meanwhile, Matthew has been accepted to Georgetown University but can only go if he gets a scholarship based on a speech he’s prepared about “Moral Fibre”. It’s a fairly long film, just over two hours, but it’s so packed with antics and conflict that it would almost have been disappointing if it weren’t as long as it was. I loved the connection Matthew and Danielle have. Kelly is a great character. There were some bizarre random lines that were way out there that made me laugh. In fact, there were quite a few big laugh moments, some very predictable, some surprising. It’s actually quite a sweet movie, too. Lots of fun!