The Girl Next Door Reviews

The Girl Next Door Review
by John Ulmer (Rating: 3.5/4)
"The Girl Next Door" is one of 2004's most entertaining movies -- sweet, crude; funny, sad; moralistic, filthy. Uneven mixtures of opposites attract, much like the leading stars of the film, for a movie that delights the audience at every turn. It...more

The Girl Next Door Review
by Matt Noller (Rating: 3.5/4)
It would be hard not to like The Girl Next Door, a charming and good-natured (if raunchy) teen comedy. And it isn't hard to discern exactly why it is so successful: it is the rare teen movie that manages to be funny and sincere at the same time. Even...more

The Girl Next Door Review
by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4/5)
I cannot deny that this film has more "that was lucky!" moments and stilted plot elements than anything recently opening, but I also must attest that this movie was far, far more enjoyable than it appears to be. Two burly men seated behind me were...more

The Girl Next Door Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B+)
Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch, "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys") is so concerned with his studies and an essay competition for a scholarship to Georgetown that when he's asked to fill in 'What I remember most' for the Westport High School yearbook, he...more

The Girl Next Door Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10)
PLOT: A smart, virgin-esque high school nerd gets enamored by his next door neighbor, after he sees her undressing across his bedroom window one evening. Falling hard for one another, matters of the heart take a turn for the worse when the boy finds out...more

The Girl Next Door Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B)
Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten Grade: B 20th Century Fox Directed by: Luke Greenfield Written by: Stuart Blumberg, David T. Wagner, Brent Goldberg, story by David T. Wagner and Brent Goldberg Cast: Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant,...more

The Girl Next Door Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 4/4)
"So what is the craziest thing you've done lately," Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert, "24"), the movie's eponymous girl, asks Matthew (Emile Hirsch, THE EMPEROR'S CLUB). Danielle is going to be his new drop-dead gorgeous neighbor for two weeks while she...more

The Girl Next Door Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10)
People who managed a sneak peek at The Girl Next Door are relentlessly comparing it to teen classics of yore. And rightfully so, as The Girl deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Say Anything, Clueless and Election...more