The Boy Next Door

Name: The Boy Next Door
Genre: Thriller
Released: January 23, 2015
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 30
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, John Corbett, Kristin Chenoweth, Ryan Guzman

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 23, 2015 | R

Starring: Jennifer Lopez, John Corbett, Kristin Chenoweth, Ryan Guzman

Summary: A divorced woman's affair with her teenage neighbor takes an obsessive, dangerous turn.

Director: Rob Cohen

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Jan 21, 2015

Plenty of credit is due to Barbara Curry’s deranged script, set in a suburban fantasyland of doofus bullies, junior proms, and middle-class sex fears; it probably isn’t meant to be a Verhoeven satire, but it sure moves like one. Read full review

Peter Keough

Jan 22, 2015

It will also make them laugh. Intentionally or not, director Rob Cohen (“Alex Cross”) has put together the most hilarious camp classic since “White House Down” (2013). Read full review

Time Out London Tom Huddleston

Feb 23, 2015

Props to director Rob Cohen for making a gender-flipped 'Fatal Attraction’. But The Boy Next Door really should be a lot juicier. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Jan 22, 2015

The Boy Next Door plays best as unintentional comedy. Read full review

Andrew Barker

Jan 21, 2015

The film’s initial formulaic competence gives way to outright preposterousness rather quickly, hinging on idiot-plot character motivations. Read full review

Marc Mohan

Jan 23, 2015

It's a thriller, if the term can be applied to an inept, perfunctory movie with more laughs than thrills — and it only has a couple laughs. Let's call it an attempted thriller and an inadvertent comedy. Read full review

The Playlist Drew Taylor

Jan 22, 2015

A limp psychosexual thriller that takes a promisingly trashy conceit... and does absolutely nothing with it, and saddles it with wooden performances, poor staging, and a complete lack of conviction. It reaches a nearly operatic level of ineptitude. Read full review

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Lucasswiftie

Jul 20, 2019

Que mulher rainha. Dona de tudo, sabe fazer bem um filme. Extremamente talentosa.

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DSolares1

Mar 12, 2015

Great thriller!! Had me on my toes the entire time. J Lo is surprisingly a good actress.!! The ending was not that great but overall movie was awesome!

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Jamie_J

Jan 23, 2015

I was surprised when I saw critic's reaction on this movie. It really isn't bad. Actually it is a fun movie to watch, and has many funny moments that made everyone in the room take some good laugh. Definitely going it see it again tomorrow.

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LamontRaymond

Jan 23, 2015

Not nearly as bad as the critics would lead you to believe. J. Lo is solid in it, and the "boy next door" is actually not a bad actor. The seduction and sex scenes are pretty hot, but it does ramp up to the crazy pretty quickly thereafter. Won't spoil anything here, but I will say thatNot nearly as bad as the critics would lead you to believe. J. Lo is solid in it, and the "boy next door" is actually not a bad actor. The seduction and sex scenes are pretty hot, but it does ramp up to the crazy pretty quickly thereafter. Won't spoil anything here, but I will say that the total lack of post-climax resolution left me and my audience a little wanting. Certainly worth seeing if you're up for some classic stalker-type fare.… Expand

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JLau

Sep 18, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. J-Lo creates her own needlessly graphic masturbatory material as she doesn't consent to sleeping with her teenage neighbour who starts stalking her to a cartoon-level.… Expand

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duncan1964

Mar 23, 2015

When a woman befriends the new boy living next door she finds her world turned upside down when he turns out to be a stalker who has watched Fatal Attraction a few too many times. A film that looks as though it was made in the 80's, it is hard to see how this made it onto cinema screens. ItsWhen a woman befriends the new boy living next door she finds her world turned upside down when he turns out to be a stalker who has watched Fatal Attraction a few too many times. A film that looks as though it was made in the 80's, it is hard to see how this made it onto cinema screens. Its outcome is a foregone conclusion after the first 10 minutes, you spend the duration of the movie hoping it is going to confound expectations - and it doesn't.… Expand

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vinidornellas

May 29, 2023

JLo is an arrogant and deplorable woman who doesn't know what quality and talent is. His works are hideous and dark.

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