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 |