The Boy Next Door

2015 "A Moment She Couldn't Resist. An Obsession He Can't Control."
4.7| 1h31m| R| en| More Info
Released: 23 January 2015 Released
Producted By: Universal Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.theboynextdoorfilm.com/
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A recently cheated on married woman falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.

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Terry Williams I wouldn't consider the Jennifer Lopez character in this movie to be flawed, just more or less vulnerable. The younger guy who moved in next door to her was charming enough at first, but he became progressively and unbelievably twisted as the film moved along.I need to note here that Jennifer is way too beautiful for the "age difference" to even be noticeable. Besides, the connection was clear between the two leads. In fact, everyone gelled well together to make this cautionary tale work on the big screen.This movie should serve two lessons: people aren't always who they appear to be...and everyone makes mistakes.
Tushpi This is not as bad as some of the reviewers make out. I have seen far worse. It is a story that has been told many times before. It is entertaining. The type of movie you grab some popcorn and don't think too hard about. Jennifer Lopez is not a great actress but she is easy on the eye and the film exploits that repeatedly. It has some exciting moments and Ryan Guzman is very menacing in a number of scenes. The ending is a bit unrealistic and some of the dialog cheesy. It won't win awards but as a piece of escapism it was enjoyable.
jsaus63304 Totally a formula movie. We have seen the plot a dozen times with a mentally deranged person who is obsessed with another person, works their way into the life of that person and becomes dangerously deranged. Similar plot to films like Fatal Attraction, The Babysitter, The Stepfather and dozens of other films on the Lifetime Network. What really amazes me is that well known stars will actually accept rolls in films like this. Do they need the money that badly? Maybe with American Idol ending, Jennifer Lopez felt she would need a little cash to hold her over to the next gig. Bad acting, bad writing, bad character development, bad plot. The best part was the end and the worst part was that it did not come soon enough.
TdSmth5 Mom Claire and son Kevin are having trouble with the garage door when the friendly and helpful kid next door offers help. Noah is the nephew of the old guy next door and offers to go the hardware store with Kevin to buy parts to fix the door. Kevin is insecure and allergic. Claire is separated from her cheating husband but not divorced. He stops by to spend time with Kevin. Claire's friend, played by the catastrophically malnourished Chenoweth, tries to set her up with men. We learn that both of Noah's parents died in a car accident, so now he's living with the uncle who's about to undergo a bone marrow transplant. Claire happens to to be a literature teacher at the high school. Her interest is the Classics. So is Noah's who will enter the same school as a senior.Now good friends with Kevin, Noah spends a lot of time at the house and starts getting more and more seductive with Claire until he manages to get her to have sex with him, even though for no good reason she protests until the very last second how wrong it is.While Claire sees the episode as a one-time mistake, Noah apparently is in love and wants her for himself. So when he spends time with Kevin he undermines his relationship with the dad. And sure enough, the impressionable Kevin falls for it, almost getting himself and the dad killed while driving the awesome purple Dodge Challenger. Since Claire doesn't respond to Noah, he gets crazier and more aggressive. He lets her know he has photos and videos of their encounter. One day he plasters her classroom full of the pictures. That forces Claire with her friend to deceive Noah. While he follows the friend in Claire's car, Claire breaks into his house to grab the evidence and finds the typical crazy guy's lair who has the walls covered in pictures of Claire. Things get more violent and dangerous until she confronts him.Every couple of years we get these obsessed lover videos and they usually work--you get the likable attractive victim and the attractive but demented lover. The problem is that all these movies go overboard crazy, instead of going for subtlety, which would be so much more effective. They should take their inspiration from The Gift (2015) to see how subdued tension works much better. I have noting against Lopez as an actress. She's beautiful especially when she gets to smile and be playful, like in this movie. I enjoy her teenage girl voice, too, but not when she tries to sing. The Claire character here is interesting, because she's too good-natured and I guess all along she has a crush on Noah that she's not able to be more aggressive herself in putting an end to things quickly. This movie is well directed and looks good too. It portrays complicated family life well and is even critical of the money-above-all-else mindset. It works well but doesn't offer anything to truly stand out among others of its kind.