The Girl Next Door (Unrated Version) | 
| Director: Luke Greenfield
Actors: Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Downs, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant, James Remar
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  219 reviews
Sales Rank: 4340
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D2223586D
UPC: 024543135869
EAN: 0024543135869
ASIN: B00005JMX6
Theatrical Release Date: March 27, 2004
Release Date: August 24, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Eighteen-year-old matthew kidman is a straight-laced overachiever who has never really lived life - until he falls for his beautiful new neighbor. When matthew discovers his perfect girl next door is a former porn star his sheltered existence spins out of control. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 01/09/2007 Starring: Elisha Cuthbert Emile Hirsch Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Ur Director: Luke Greenfield
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While it suffered a nearly unanimous beating from critics, The Girl Next Door attracted more than a few loyal defenders during its brief box-office lifespan. It pales when compared to its teen-comedy role model (the 1983 classic Risky Business), but you've got to admit that any movie about a teenager whose new next-door neighbor is a 19-year-old former porn star has bona fide cult-movie potential. To its credit, this rather schizoid blend of sleaze and comedy boasts an engaging pair of costars in Emile Hirsch (as the smitten, voyeuristic virgin) and 24's Elisha Cuthbert (as his sexy new house-sitting neighbor). And there are some good laughs in a script that takes unexpected turns when we learn that Cuthbert's character is trying to leave her porn-star past behind, to the chagrin of her pimp-like producer (Timothy Olyphant, in a scene-stealing role). Faring somewhat better than he did with the Rob Schneider non-comedy The Animal, director Luke Greenfield clearly recalls the turbulence that goes hand-in-hand with being young, horny, and confused. There's honesty and even (dare we say it?) maturity to be found in this raging-hormone fantasy, even if it's partially buried in a convoluted plot that's appalling or appealing, depending on your tolerance for good-natured prurience. --Jeff Shannon
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 Great Cast, Awful Script June 27, 2009
A Person (Alaska, USA)
Rated two stars instead of one because: (a) Elisha Cuthbert is gorgeous (seriously, on par with, say, Marilyn Monroe), and (b) all the acting is pretty good.
In all other ways, though, "yuck" is the right word.
This isn't just a goofy "coming of age" movie lampooning the exaggerated sexual bravado of teens who are, under the surface, inexperienced and afraid. This movie actually has a moral message--a sinister one. In fact, this movie has its protagonist stating its moral message in a speech about morality. That message is: Morals are all well and good in theory, but in practice anything goes as long as it's motivated by love. What high school kids need to learn, says the movie, is to stop caring about their futures, to live strictly on the impulse of the moment. If you are willing to throw your life away for love, somehow, magically, you'll succeed.
Obviously one doesn't expect to find traditional moral values in a movie like this. But consider our hero, the young "over-achiever." He starts out as an ordinary high school senior who is not well liked by his peers because he is too sensible. He cares about his life and future. He goes to class instead of skipping because he wants an education. He isn't reckless. In the course of the movie he falls in love with a porn star and makes friends with a seedy porn director who doses him with psychadelic drugs, steals $25,000 from his school, and frames him for a burglary, not to mention punching him in the face. He crashes an adult movie convention in Las Vegas. He begins hanging out in strip clubs. We, the audience, are supposed to see all this as an improvement in this kid's life. He's now out there "taking chances." He begins the movie having nothing memorable to write in his yearbook, but ends it having done a lot of "crazy" stuff. That's the central conflict of the movie.
Also, this movie's "plot twists" are just cheap tricks. Several times it sets you up to think one thing is going to happen and then something else actually happens. I won't spoil the plot for readers by giving examples. But in each case, when you think back it becomes totally implausible. You think it's going to be situation A, but it turns out to be situation B. Then you realize that the things everyone said and the way they acted to lead you to think it would be situation A are completely implausible given that it was actually situation B.
Bottom line: This is a beautiful and talented cast competently acting its way through a completely awful script.
 The Girl Next Door May 9, 2009
Thomas J. Fisher
Very Cheap Price for a Very Good Movie! It might have taken over a month to actually recieve the product but that is not Amazon's fault that was the sellers. The movie came in almost perfect condition for being used! Great Price, Great Buy!
Excellent product and shipping. March 18, 2009
James I. Roysdon
The film is hilarious, well written, acted, produced, and tells a good story. It is definitely worth watching, and a necessary part of any comedy collection.
Girl next door January 22, 2009
F. Sirianni (Buffalo, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought it, because I didn't see the unrated edition. Fiqured with all the nudity in this movie that Elisha Cuthbert would show something... no. You'll be disapointed.
The plot is pretty unbeleivable as it surrounds a highschool kid in love with a girl he has no chance with, and after falling in love with her, he finds out she does porn and freaks out. She leaves... go fiqure.
If you don't mind being C* teased by Elisha then check it out. Never fiqured out how you could make a film about porno and nudity and be the main character and not show anything?? Kinda weird, but apparently she's more popular in the NHL anyways.. lol. Oh well.
 2.5 stars out of 4 December 18, 2008
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Bottom Line:
A fairly standard, if dirtier, teen flick, The Girl Next Door is almost completely forgettable and not worth seeking out unless you're seeking disposable entertainment.
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