The Girl Next Door

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Eighteen-year-old Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is a straight-arrow overachiever who has never really lived life... until he falls for his new neighbor, the beautiful and seemingly innocent Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert). When Matthew discovers this perfect girl next door is a one-time p*rn star, his sheltered existence begins to spin out of control. Ultimately, Danielle helps Matthew emerge from his shell and discover that sometimes you have to risk everything for the person you love. Read More Read Less

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The movie borrows heavily from Risky Business, though Hirsch and Cuthbert are appealing leads.

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Antonia Quirke

London Evening Standard

This is not entirely your average greasy teen movie, and frequently manages to be quite funny, and ambivalent, about vicious competitiveness at US high schools and sickly, sex-saturated modern life.

Dec 18, 2017

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Stunningly bad teen sex comedy.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 28, 2010

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Essentially Risky Business for the 21st century, and I don't mean that as a compliment.

Rated: C-

May 3, 2005

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

Stalling about an hour in, the movie tries to squeeze way too much juice out of a single premise, ending up at least 20 minutes too long, ploddingly predictable, devoid of any humour and with countless serious lapses in logic and taste.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 14, 2023

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Despite the nudity and sexual hi-jinx, Girl Next Door is a creative delight with surprising insight and honesty that will make you laugh, make you smile and most of all, make you feel, all at the same time.

Nov 7, 2019

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

The writing team of "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" crafted it as a satire about conflicting levels of sexual experience among teens, but fail to connect the significance of erotic pleasure to the emotional demands of budding adults.

Rated: D+

May 4, 2009

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Tim M More mature than a teen sex comedy would have you think, The Girl Next Door goes flaccid when it does feel the need to appease genre expectations. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review Leaburn O Yeah why not. It’s a bit more edgy than most teen rom-coms. Ok, it’s implausible but at least it’s more memorable than similar efforts of this era. Watched on Amazon Prime. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/15/24 Full Review Jay H A Risky Business rip-off, and not a very good one. Timothy Olyphant's performance saves this movie. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review ham italieneren E Loved the movie all the way through, the relationship between Matthew and Danielle really hits me in a good way - cant describe it. Enjoyed it and would recommend. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/21/24 Full Review The H It made me laugh a few times, it left me confused even more times. Strange meh movie not really worth watching unless you have nothing else. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/26/24 Full Review Derek Has a few funny parts, but mostly lacking comedy and the plot is not the most interesting. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Luke Greenfield Director Emile Hirsch Matthew Kidman Elisha Cuthbert Danielle Timothy Olyphant Kelly James Remar Hugo Posh Chris Marquette Eli

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Synopsis Eighteen-year-old Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is a straight-arrow overachiever who has never really lived life... until he falls for his new neighbor, the beautiful and seemingly innocent Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert). When Matthew discovers this perfect girl next door is a one-time p*rn star, his sheltered existence begins to spin out of control. Ultimately, Danielle helps Matthew emerge from his shell and discover that sometimes you have to risk everything for the person you love.

Director: Luke Greenfield
Producer: Harry Gittes, Charles Gordon, Marc Sternberg
Screenwriter: Luke Greenfield, Stuart Blumberg, David Wagner, Brent Goldberg
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Regency Enterprises, Fox 2000 Pictures, Daybreak Point Entertainment, New Regency Pictures
Rating: R (Strong Sexual Content|Language|Some Drug Use|Some Alcohol Use)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 18, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.6M
Runtime: 1h 48m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)