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The Girl Next Door

R

Released Feb 18, 2004

1h 48m

Romance

Comedy

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56%

Tomatometer

160 Reviews

69%

Audience Score

250,000+ Ratings

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 porn 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.

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Critics Consensus

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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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 out of 5 stars

03/26/24

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Derek

Has a few funny parts, but mostly lacking comedy and the plot is not the most interesting.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Lukas W

A highly underrated comedy!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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Raiodesol S

The good characters are what makes this a good movie, they're likable, relatable and, in a certain way, real. The plot starts to become over complicated and unreal, and if it wasn't for the characters, it'd be seen as out of place and unrealistic.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/11/24

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Edward J

Omg! Going into this movie I was thinking it was another early 2000 romantic movie wow how I was wrong the character Danielle played by Elisha Cuthbert was played so well I'm begging to develop a crush, this attractive girl has amazing beauty inside and out. I recommend this highly!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Cinephemeride [

a rather nice teen movie with the very young Emile Hirsch and Paul Dano. Not really delicate but rather funny

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/26/23

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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 porn 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: Arnon Milchan, Guy Riedel
Screenwriter: Luke Greenfield, Stuart Blumberg, David Wagner, Brent Goldberg
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Daybreak Point Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures, New Regency Pictures, Regency Enterprises
Rating: R (Language|Some Alcohol Use|Strong Sexual Content|Some Drug 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)

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