"The Boy Next Door" received generally negative reviews from film critics, who felt that it promised "campy thrills" but did not deliver. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 11%, based on 133 reviews, with a rating average of 3.3/10. The site's consensus reads: ""The Boy Next Door" may get a few howls out of fans of stalker thrillers, but for most viewers, it won't even rise to 'so bad it's good' status." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 30 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". According to CinemaScore, audiences gave the film a grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.
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Richard Davis, a spokesman for the website, said: "It appears people who have watched the film are trying to identify the actual edition handed to Lopez, which has dark yellow and blue boards. I cannot match the book seen in the movie to anything currently for sale on AbeBooks."
The Boy Next Door (film) | Critical response
"The Boy Next Door" received generally negative reviews from film critics, who felt that it promised "campy thrills" but did not deliver. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 11%, based on 133 reviews, with a rating average of 3.3/10. The site's consensus reads: ""The Boy Next Door" may get a few howls out of fans of stalker thrillers, but for most viewers, it won't even rise to 'so bad it's good' status." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 30 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". According to CinemaScore, audiences gave the film a grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Critical response
Writing for the "San Francisco Chronicle", Thomas Lee wrote: "Why Lopez decided to do this inept, cliche-infested film is anyone's guess". Peter Keough of "The Boston Globe" wrote that "[the film] may end up as one of the worst movies of 2015, but it is also one of the most entertaining". "The Guardian" writer Jordan Hoffman gave the film two stars, writing that "it is bad, but it isn't THAT bad", and said: "for a would-be cult classic, this could have been much more". Robert Abele of the "Los Angeles Times" was critical of "The Boy Next Door", calling it "breathless, uninspired (...) junk that feels like the iffiest bits of a Lifetime movie and late-night cable schlock slapped together", calling Guzman's character boring.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Critical response
"The Girl Next Door" received mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 56% approval rating based on reviews from 159 reviews, with an average score of 5.53/10. The site's consensus reads: "The movie borrows heavily from "Risky Business", though Hirsch and Cuthbert are appealing leads." At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 47 based on 32 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Roger Ebert described it as a "nasty piece of business", and faulted movie studios for marketing the film as a teen comedy.
The Girl Next Door (2004 film) | Critical response
I would love for the Latino community to come out and support this movie because it would give us the freedom." She also stated that "We [Latinos] don't have to be close-minded, where two Latinos have to be speaking Spanish or they have to have some Latin reference in the movie... That's what I love about this film. We're breaking down the walls and stereotypes."
The Boy Next Door (film) | Pre-production
Measuring the film's pros and cons, "Boxoffice" magazine said that the film's social media activity online and Lopez's pull with Latino audiences would help it. However, the publication said that Lopez's box office drawing power had been dwindling, which worked against the film.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Marketing
The Boy Next Door is a 2015 American erotic psychological horror thriller film directed by Rob Cohen and written by Isabelle Nuru Dayne and Barbara Curry. The film stars Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, and Ian Nelson, with John Corbett and Kristin Chenoweth playing supporting roles. Lopez plays a high school teacher named Claire who, in the midst of being separated from her husband (Corbett), has a one-night stand with a younger neighbor (Guzman), who develops a dangerous obsession with her. Barbara Curry, a former criminal lawyer, wrote the screenplay for the film inspired from her life's experiences. Blumhouse Productions financed and produced the film, which was filmed for 23 days in Los Angeles and other locations in California at the end of 2013.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Introduction
The film was released in the United States on January 23, 2015, by Universal Pictures. The Boy Next Door received generally negative reviews from film critics, who felt that it promised "campy thrills" but did not deliver, however the film grossed $53.4 million against a $4 million budget making it a box office success. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 28, 2015.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Introduction
"Entertainment Weekly"s Leah Greenblatt similarly wrote that the film was a "few deliciously bonkers bons mots dot the Lifetime-grade dialogue", while calling its script "too timid to fully dive into the high camp it hints at". Despite negative reviews, Lopez has received praise. Richard Lawson from "Vanity Fair" wrote: "Given the material, Lopez is actually pretty darn good in the movie, taking it seriously enough that it's not irksomely arch camp, but also plenty aware that she's not doing Shakespeare. She's a joy to watch throughout." Claudia Puig from "USA Today" stated that the movie was an improvement on her previous romantic comedies, calling Lopez "believably powerful in moments of physical conflict".
The Boy Next Door (film) | Critical response
Later, Kevin overexerts himself at gym class and goes into shock; Noah saves his life by injecting him with Kevin's EpiPen. Claire receives flowers from Noah, and she confronts him about it. Noah witnesses Claire and Garrett together at home after going on a date, escalating his obsession with her. After an incident where Noah — in defense of Kevin — slams a bully's head into a locker repeatedly, Vicky, who is vice principal at the school, discovers that Noah was kicked out of his previous school for disorderly conduct. After Noah insults her, she expels him. During the fall fling, Claire goes to investigate a leak in the boys' bathroom, where she sees the words "I fucked Claire Peterson" written on the wall before Noah emerges.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Plot
The film was released on January 23, 2015. It runs for approximately 90 minutes and was given an R rating from the MPAA for "violence, sexual content/nudity, and language". A BBFC classification, dated February 9, 2015, gives the film a 15 certificate for "strong violence, threat, very strong language". The film's UK distributors, also Universal Studios, chose to remove two seconds of material, the eye gouging scene, in order to obtain a 15. There is an 18-rated version available.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Release
The Boys Next Door is a 1996 American made-for-television drama film based on a play by Tom Griffin which was published in 1983 under the title "Damaged Hearts, Broken Flowers" and again in 1988 under the title "The Boys Next Door". The movie was produced by Hallmark Entertainment as a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" film.
The Boys Next Door (1996 film) | Introduction
Opening across 2,602 North American theaters, "The Boy Next Door" was projected to pull in $12–15 million over its opening weekend. The film earned $5.7 million on its opening day, well over its budget. It opened at number two at the US box office, with an opening weekend gross of $14.9 million, significantly higher than the other new releases for that week. "The Hollywood Reporter" revealed that 45 percent of the film's opening week audience was Hispanic, while 71 percent of the overall audience was female. The film became Lopez's best opening weekend for a January release, beating her romantic comedy "The Wedding Planner" (2001) which opened with $13.5 million.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Box office
"Time Out London" called "The Boys Next Door" superior to Spheeris' previous work "Suburbia" (1984) in that it didn't try to sympathize with the two lead characters while still letting in a "glimmer of understanding into the murderers' feelings." Vincent Canby, comparing the film to "Over the Edge" (1979) for its negative picture of a California teenager and to "Badlands" (1973) for its "lean and unsentimental" atmosphere, described it as a "very well made, disorienting movie about inarticulated despair and utter hopelessness." He praised the performances of Caulfield, Sheen, and D'Arbanville in the film.
The Boys Next Door (1985 film) | Critical reception
Claire goes on a miserable double date with Vicky and her boyfriend Ethan, and his ill-mannered friend Benny. With Kevin still away, Noah calls Claire over to help him cook. She ends up having dinner with him, during which he unashamedly flirts with her. Despite Claire's hesitation, she lets Noah seduce her and has passionate sex with Noah. Claire tells Noah that she regrets their night together, causing him to punch a wall in rage. The school year begins, with Noah joining Claire's class after hacking into her computer, making it appear as if she had requested this. Noah manipulates Kevin into hating his father, causing him to lash out at Garrett.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Plot
Four intellectually disabled men share a house and are looked after by Jack (Tony Goldwyn), their social worker. The four men try to make sense of a mixed-up world, dealing with everything from runaway rodents to helping Norman (Nathan Lane), who has a new girlfriend (Mare Winningham). Jack's life with his wife is put on hold, and he feels it's time to let them go.
The Boys Next Door (1996 film) | Plot
Although he called the film "clunky and ridiculous", Daniel D'Addario from "Time" but said it is "a rare movie about women" and "the Bad Movie Hollywood Needs Right Now". D'Addario added that the film feels "perversely refreshing" for its focus on women's issues. Several publications particularly criticized the scene where Noah gives Claire a printed book that is supposed to be a first edition copy of the "Iliad", a work written nearly 3,000 years ago in Greece. Amy Heidt, writing for "Slate", noted that while a first English edition could have been a possible explanation, such works were from the 16th and 17th centuries, and describes the book Noah gives Claire as "A pristine hardcover that looks like those Jane Austen Penguin Classics they sell at Urban Outfitters." Following the film's release, the term "The Iliad, first edition" became the top search term on the online book marketplace AbeBooks.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Critical response
The Girl Next Door is a 2004 American romantic comedy film about a high school senior who falls in love for the first time with the girl next door, but finds the situation becoming complicated after he learns that she is a former pornographic actress. It stars Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant, James Remar, Chris Marquette and Paul Dano and is directed by Luke Greenfield. Despite mixed reviews and low theatrical attendance at the time it has gained the status of a cult classic over the years.
The Girl Next Door (2004 film) | Introduction
The Boys Next Door is a 1985 American adventure-crime drama film about two teenage boys who leave their small town home on the day of their high school graduation and embark on a crime and murder spree.
The Boys Next Door (1985 film) | Introduction
In 2007, David Moran witnesses a man hit and run by a car in New York City. He responds to the situation and tries to resuscitate the victim. That evening, he reflects on his past in the summer of 1958, when he meets his first teenage crush, Meg Loughlin. Meg and her disabled sister Susan have lost their parents in a car accident and are now living with their aunt, Ruth Chandler, and her sons, Willie, Ralphie, and Donny. Ruth freely allows her sons and their neighborhood friends to her house, where she entertains them and offers them beer and cigarettes.
The Girl Next Door (2007 film) | Plot
If you went to a liberal-arts college anywhere in the United States, then the way Grady's ramshackle house looks in the wake of Crabs' enormous all-night party should conjure up vivid sense-memories".
Wonder Boys (film) | Critical response
Veronica looks through the old yearbook and sees a photo of her mother, Lianne. During a test, a teacher, Mr. Daniels (Steven Williams) fails both Logan and Weevil for talking. They are placed in detention, during which the two bicker and eventually play poker. The teacher comes in and sentences them to a full week of detention. Veronica returns home and views Sarah and her boyfriend, André (Adam Kaufman), arguing. That night, Veronica is awakened by a woman's scream overhead and a body falling. The next morning, Veronica goes to Sarah's door to take her to a doctor's appointment, but there is no response.
The Girl Next Door (Veronica Mars) | Synopsis
While there, she finds pictures of herself all over the walls and on his laptop; she also finds instructions on how to tamper with the brakes of Garrett's car and Noah's parents' car. With the help of a detective, she learns the truth about the car accident in Noah's family.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Plot
Claire Peterson separates from her husband Garrett, after he was caught cheating with his secretary. Her colleague and best friend Vicky Lansing urges Claire to divorce. 19-year-old Noah Sandborn moves in next door to help his uncle, who uses a wheelchair. They learn that Noah is now an orphan following a fatal car accident in his family the previous year. Noah befriends Kevin, Claire's teenage son, and begins attending his school, where Claire teaches English literature. Noah is drawn to Claire, expressing love for Homer's "Iliad". With Kevin and Garrett away on a fishing trip, Noah catches Claire watching him change clothes through her window.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Plot
He attempts to rape her, but she fends him off and demands that he stay away from her and Kevin. The following day, Noah leaves a printer running in Claire's classroom, with pictures of them sleeping together scattered everywhere. Later, when Garrett's car brakes fail to work, he and Kevin are nearly involved in an accident. That evening, Claire finds Noah with Garrett and Kevin in her drawing room. Noah blackmails Claire, telling her that he has a video of them having sex, which he will relinquish to her if she continues sleeping with him. She refuses, and has Vicky lure Noah away from his house so she can break in and delete their sex tape.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Plot
Explaining her character, Lopez stated that Claire was feeling "worthless" after her husband cheated, and "People can understand that. They can understand making a mistake in a moment like that." "The Boy Next Door"s plot has been compared to the thriller films "Basic Instinct" (1992) and "Swimfan" (2002), while being dubbed "the "Fatal Attraction" of 2015". The formerly dominant erotic thriller genre had been fading from Hollywood features since the 1990s. Director Rob Cohen stated that with the film, he wanted to "reinvent the genre in an entertaining way" that would reflect "2015, not 1990".
The Boy Next Door (film) | Conception and writing
In the original script, Claire was "happily married", but Curry chose to have her separated due to her husband's infidelity, so that she could be a "more sympathetic character". Curry was influenced by the real-life story of Mary Kay Letourneau, a teacher who became involved with her underage student, causing her to be convicted for rape charges. Director Rob Cohen revealed that in Curry's draft, the character of Noah was younger, but he made the conscious decision to age him to 19, because he felt as if it was "not healthy" and that audiences would lose sympathy for the protagonist.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Conception and writing
He added "The woeful screenplay, the mundane direction, by Brian Levant, and the indifferent acting all combine to sink a stupid plot which should never have got off the ground." Carrie Rickey of "The Philadelphia Inquirer" gave the film 2½ stars. Rickey, giving the film the benefit of the doubt, wrote "The plot may be forgettable, but the execution is frantic and funny. "The Spy Next Door" is a movie that will bring smiles to kids – and their grandparents."
The Spy Next Door | Critical reception
Casting of "The Boy Next Door" began early September 2013, when Jennifer Lopez was chosen to play Claire. Kristin Chenoweth was later cast in the film as Lopez's character's friend. In October 2013, John Corbett and Ryan Guzman were cast in the film, with Corbett playing Lopez's ex-husband and Guzman playing the titular role. After an audition, newcomer Lexi Atkins was also cast in the film for a small role. Lopez, who also served as producer on the film, chose a fellow Latino actor Guzman to cast in the film, stating that "two Latinos opening in a mainstream movie, if it does well, that's gonna change things.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Pre-production
"The House Next Door" was seen as "uninspired" by critics.
The House Next Door (2006 film) | Critical reception
The film was released on DVD on May 15, 2001, by Anchor Bay Entertainment. The DVD includes commentary by director Spheeris and co-star Caulfield, a trailer and talent bios.
The Boys Next Door (1985 film) | Home media
Ambitious high school senior Matthew Kidman has been accepted to Georgetown University, but cannot afford the tuition. He has raised $25,000 in order to bring a brilliant Cambodian student, Samnang, to study in the United States, but finds little else truly memorable about his high school experience. His life suddenly changes when Danielle moves in next door. Matthew witnesses her undressing from his bedroom window, until she sees him and storms over, knocking on the door and introducing herself to his parents. They suggest to Matthew that he show Danielle around town. While driving around, Danielle stops the car and forces Matthew to get out and strip for her.
The Girl Next Door (2004 film) | Plot
Based on 65 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an overall approval rating from critics of 87%, with an average score of 7.3/10. Peter Calder of "The New Zealand Herald" gave the film five out of five stars. He praised the performances by the three main actors and said "it's hard to praise too highly the pitch-perfect tone of this movie."
Boy (2010 film) | Critical response
Common Sense Media gave the film 3 stars out of 5.
I'll Be Next Door for Christmas | Reception
The theatrical trailer for "The Boy Next Door" was released on September 8, 2014. The film's main demographic is women and Latinos. Lopez made her largest Hispanic press tour to date in Miami in promotion of "The Boy Next Door". She hoped that the film would appeal to Hispanic markets, due to featuring two Hispanic leads, which she stated might not have been possible if a big studio had produced it. She visited "¡Despierta América!" and "Nuestra Belleza Latina", shows which air on the Latin American network Univision, the latter of which saw 22% ratings gain with Lopez's appearance. According to "Variety", the film received 105,000 posts on Twitter by the day of its release.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Marketing
According to director Penelope Spheeris' DVD commentary, "The Boys Next Door" had to be cut and submitted to the MPAA ten times to get an R rating. Scenes that were cut or changed include:
The Boys Next Door (1985 film) | MPAA cuts
"The Boy Next Door" was released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 28, 2015. It has earned $7.2 million from domestic home video sales.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Home media
The film got mixed reviews from both critics and audience.
Jo and the Boy | Critical/Audience response
The film had a polarizing effect on film critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it currently holds a 67% "Fresh" rating. In contrast, Metacritic assigns it a 29. Stephen King said about the film, "The first authentically shocking American film I've seen since "" over 20 years ago. If you are easily disturbed, you should not watch this movie. If, on the other hand, you are prepared for a long look into hell, suburban style, "The Girl Next Door" will not disappoint. This is the dark-side-of-the-moon version of "Stand by Me"."
The Girl Next Door (2007 film) | Reception
When released, "The Girl Next Door" drew mixed press reviews; it did moderately well at the box-office.
The Girl Next Door (1953 film) | Introduction
During a visit to La Brea Tar Pits, Bo expresses his wish that the world could just "go caveman" for one day, abandoning all rules and order. Roy agrees, and they spend their evening on the streets of Los Angeles.
The Boys Next Door (1985 film) | Plot
One day, while all of them are enjoying a picnic in a neighborhood park, Garrett offers to treat the kids to a ride on a miniature train, and as Anna is purchasing tickets on the other side of the park, Garrett suddenly remembers having left a dessert at the house, and asks the girls to go with him back to the house to retrieve it. Oldest and youngest girls Billie and Sally agree, but Anna's middle daughter Laura elects to remain at the park. Upon Anna's return, she finds two of her girls gone, and unsuccessfully attempts to find them.
The People Next Door (1996 film) | Plot
Roy Alston (Maxwell Caulfield) and Bo Richards (Charlie Sheen) are two outcasts of their high school community. Bo receives $200 as a graduation gift from his grandparents. Facing a lifetime of working blue collar factory jobs, the boys spontaneously decide to use the money to go on a vacation to Los Angeles. During the drive to Los Angeles, Bo and Roy rob a gas station and beat the attendant (Joseph Michael Cala) with a crowbar. The next day, the boys go to a beach boardwalk, where Roy throws an empty beer bottle and it hits an elderly woman (Helen Brown) on the forehead.
The Boys Next Door (1985 film) | Plot
Screenwriter Barbara Curry, who was a criminal lawyer for ten years, revealed that she created the script's original concept after running past a house which she described as her "dream house". A "bad boy" her son went to school with resided in the house across the street, which gave her a "really interesting" concept about a neighborhood boy creating conflict and "driving a wedge between a family". This served as her inspiration for the screenplay. Curry stated that the "first few drafts of [the movie] focused on a 12-year-old boy and a mother's trial of trying to get her son out of this boy's clutches, and gradually, it became something else".
The Boy Next Door (film) | Conception and writing
Treating criminality with kid gloves and blaming law abiding society for its ills didn't go over well with the public or the critics. Bosley Crowther, film critic for "The New York Times," called the film "a pretentious social melodrama" and blasted the film's message and the screenplay. He wrote, "Rubbish! The only shortcoming of society which this film proves is that it casually tolerates the pouring of such fraudulence onto the public mind. Not only are the justifications for the boy's delinquencies inept and superficial, as they are tossed off in the script, but the nature and aspect of the hoodlum are outrageously heroized." The staff at "Variety" magazine was more receptive of the film, writing: "An eloquent document on juvenile delinquency, its cause and effect, has been fashioned from "Knock on Any Door"...Nicholas Ray's direction stresses the realism of the script taken from Willard Motley's novel of the same title, and gives the film a hard, taut pace that compels complete attention."
Knock on Any Door | Critical response
On his approach, Cohen said that he refused to consider making the film PG-13: "The first thing I said was, 'If you want me, I'm making an R-rated movie. I don't want to deal with sex and make it, like, for 13-year-olds.' The film took 23 days to shoot. Discussing its micro-budget, Lopez stated: "You know what, we put all four million dollars in front of the camera! We all shared one trailer, we had no craft service, it wasn't that type of luxury movie set, let's say." She also found that the limited budget and filming period was "super intense", saying: "I never had done a film like that in my career.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Filming
Three young women (Claudia Templeton, Mary Tiffany, and Marilou Conway) see this, and they chase Bo and Roy to a parking lot. The women yell at the boys and damage their car. Enraged, Roy starts the car and drives around in circles in the parking lot with the women still on the hood. After several loops, Roy throws the car into reverse, throwing one of the women from the hood of the car. After the incident, one of the women finds Bo and Roy's dog, Boner the Barbarian, and reads its ID tag, which leads to speculation of where Bo and Roy are from.
The Boys Next Door (1985 film) | Plot
A feature film based on Ketchum's novel was released in 2007. Entitled "The Girl Next Door", the film stars Blanche Baker, Blythe Auffarth, William Atherton, and Daniel Manche. It was directed by Gregory Wilson from a screenplay by Daniel Farrands and Philip Nutman. After a successful series of screenings at film festivals around the world, the film was released by Starz Home Entertainment on December 4, 2007.
The Girl Next Door (Ketchum novel) | Film adaptation
"Boy A" received highly positive reviews from critics and has a "certified fresh" score of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 59 reviews with an average rating of 7.4 out of 10. The critical consensus states, "Small in scale but large in impact, Boy A's career making performances (particularly that by star Andrew Garfield) and carefully crafted characters defy judgement and aggressively provoke debate." The film also has a score of 75 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 22 critics indicating 'Generally favorable reviews.'
Boy A (film) | Critical response
In a review in "The Observer", it was noted that instead of focusing on the crime, the novel dealt with the lives of the now elderly people in the present. In Marilyn Stasio's review for "The New York Times", the novel's effective use of a split time frame was noted.
The Girl Next Door (Rendell novel) | Critical reception
In the first scene we look at the kid, we look at the family and we get it. We get all there is to get. A strangely composed boy sits in his suit and tie, banging away at a Bartók piano piece for a school recital, while his parents ooh and aah over their newborn daughter. Joshua is a very bad kid, and he is going to do very bad things."
Joshua (2007 film) | Critical response
Bridget Connolly (Patty Duke) and Betsy Lucas (Shelley Long) are two social climbing society women from Catalina Island who have been continuous rivals for some unknown reason. But when Betsy's son Mark falls in love with the girl next door—who happens to be Bridget's daughter Theresa—the two women put all of their energy in to planning the wedding, much to the chagrin of their children.
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door | Plot
"Jack Ketchums The Girl Next Door" (also known as "Jack Ketchum's Evil") is a 2007 American horror drama film directed by Gregory M. Wilson from a screenplay by Daniel Farrands and Philip Nutman. It is based on Jack Ketchum's 1989 novel of the same name, which was inspired by the real-life murder of Sylvia Likens.
The Girl Next Door (2007 film) | Introduction
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rate of 84% based on reviews by 19 critics.
American Murder: The Family Next Door | Reception
As well, a shadowy, nondescript image of a child has been marked, "Who was he?" On Fisher's confessional tape, he indicates that there were only 32 students in his class, not the 33 that are in the photo. Contacting fellow student Colin Somerville (Sean Gallagher), Monroe learns from the frightened man that he has been tormented over the years by a voice over the phone that says he will be the next to die. Somerville believes as well that the "accidental" deaths of the three students were no accidents, and that Aiden Thompson (Kevin French), a boy who remaining classmates describe as "different," is the killer.
Class of '76 | Critical reception
It was also her best opening weekend for a thriller film, ahead of "Angel Eyes" (2001, $9.2 million), "Enough" (2002, $14 million), and "Parker" (2013, $7 million). Furthermore, it is Lopez's biggest live-action opening since 2005's "Monster-in-Law". "The Boy Next Door" ended its domestic box office run with a total of $36.6 million, and has earned another $17.3 million in foreign markets, making a total of $53 million.
The Boy Next Door (film) | Box office
"The Atlantic"'s article "How Parents Can Turn Frozen's Big Twist Into a Teachable Moment" argues that parents can use the juxtaposition between this song and the big reveal toward the end of the movie to teach their kids about things being too good to be true and being cautious of charmers with ulterior motives.
Love Is an Open Door | Critical reception
They go on a date but are stopped by Tweedledum's hospitalization. Afterwards, John kisses Mel over Chinese food, and gets mixed reactions from her as she jumps off to her apartment.
The Boy Next Door (novel) | Plot
AllMovie wrote, "very stylish for what is essentially an epic-scale home movie [...], this remains Bookwalter's best effort", comparing the film's fast pace to that of a "live-action video game".
The Dead Next Door | Critical reception
"The Boys" is a loving tribute, but it's also like watching the plot of a William Faulkner novel played out in the middle of Disneyland." While "The Hollywood Reporter" praised the film, it believed that the box office potential was modest, as the film would only appeal to "film buffs, Disneyphiles and fans of wholesome film musicals."
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story | Critical reception
But the characters are so full-bodied and the feelings so raw and complex that I'd call this the best thing he's done to date..."
Baby Boy (film) | Critical response
"The Boy Next Door" is a 1944 popular song by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. It was introduced in the musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis," where it was performed by Judy Garland. In 1954 Vic Damone sang it in the first minutes of the film Athena. It has subsequently become a popular standard, performed by many artists. It is sometimes performed and recorded under the title "The Girl Next Door".
The Boy Next Door (song) | Introduction
Director Oliver Hellman and screenwriter Richard Barrett display no trace of skill, imagination or originality. The performances are on the same level."
Beyond the Door (1974 film) | Critical response
The two get to know each other through weird adventures, which include Matthew finding himself in his principal's pool. He and Danielle sneak away and pick up his friends before going to a party. When a few of Matthew's athlete classmates attempt to get him away from Danielle and kick him out of the party, he finds the courage to walk right up and kiss her. Matthew's world is suddenly rocked the next day when his friend Eli informs him that Danielle is an adult film actress. On Eli's advice, Matthew takes Danielle to a sleazy motel. Danielle, insulted, realizes that he has discovered her past and abruptly ends the relationship.
The Girl Next Door (2004 film) | Plot
Roger Greenspun of "The New York Times" did not care for the film at all:
Guess What We Learned in School Today? | Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 12% based on 89 reviews, with an average rating of 3.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Lacking a script funny enough to cover up for Jackie Chan's fading physical gifts, "The Spy Next Door" fails on every conceivable level." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, it holds an average score of 27 out of 100 based on 21 critics, indicating "generals unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale. Most film critics targeted the film for "lacking a script," and "looking old" such as Michael Phillips of "The Chicago Tribune" for being ""True Lies" without the striptease or the Arab-maiming" and Kyle Smith of "The New York Post" who also claimed the film is "ripping off "True Lies"." Lael Loewenstein of "Variety" gave the film a negative review saying the film's "cartoonish jokes and misfired gags are likely to elicit more eye rolls than laughs." Daniel Eagan of "The Hollywood Reporter" also disliked the film saying most of the film is "pretty tired stuff from "Pacifier"-style slapstick to comic relief delivered by, of all people, erstwhile country star Billy Ray Cyrus" and that Chan "seems stiff" and "clad in unattractive clothes and forced into dumbed-down situations." David Stratton of "At the Movies" dismissed the film calling it "a sad viewing experience".
The Spy Next Door | Critical reception
The movie currently holds a 67% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.3 out of 10 on IMDb indicating 'mixed to positive' reviews.
It's a Boy Girl Thing | Response
A review for The Wrap stated that the "scary-doll horror flick is creepy and clever". In 2017, GQ Magazine called it "the most underrated horror movie of 2016".
The Boy (2016 film) | Critical response
AllMovie's review was favorable, writing ""Don't Open the Door!" isn't after the sheer overkill of ["The Forgotten"]. Instead, a festering creepiness is sustained throughout".
Don't Open the Door! | Critical response
Lewis anticipated this divided response. "I think that people in the gay community are going to see the film is right on the button, or not at all close. They will accept it strongly or dismiss it because they have their own experience of many of these issues."
Lucky Bastard | Critical response
She looks through the window to see the room in disarray, and Sarah's dog alone, barking. In the bathroom one day, another student talks to Weevil, and it is heavily implied that Weevil was carrying out an affair with Lilly Kane. Veronica talks to Duncan (Teddy Dunn) about something she found in the yearbook—that Veronica's mother, Lianne (Corrine Bohrer) and Jake Kane (Kyle Secor) were once a couple in high school. A flashback details Veronica's breakup with Duncan, which was abrupt and mystified Veronica. At Sarah's workplace, her boss says that he doesn't know where Sarah is either. He also gives Veronica the information that she fights with her boyfriend a lot.
The Girl Next Door (Veronica Mars) | Synopsis
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97%, based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A small, sensitive, and moving portrait of a teacher and his students." On Metacritic the film has a score of 87 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
To Be and to Have | Critical response
The film grossed $14,589,444 in the US, plus $15,821,739 outside the US, for a combined gross of $30,411,183.
The Girl Next Door (2004 film) | Box office
Benjamin Lee, writing for "The Guardian", gave the film one star out of five, describing it as "so punishingly dull to watch, filled with dry, perfunctory dialogue from Stacey Menear's consistently uninventive script and shot without even a glimmer of style," adding that "even at a brisk 86 minutes, it feels like unending torture..." with a finale "that buckles under the weight of its own stupidity, as well as some god-awful CGI."
Brahms: The Boy II | Critical response
The Boys Next Door is a play by Tom Griffin, first produced in the 1988/89 season. Set in the Boston area, it deals with four men with various mental disabilities who live in a group home. It takes place over roughly a two-month period and consists of brief vignettes about the men's lives. The play provides a humorous commentary on the men's lives, taking a surprising turn as Barry's father comes to visit and as Jack (their caretaker) accepts a new job. It was adapted into a television film in 1996 by Hallmark Entertainment starring Tony Goldwyn, Courtney Vance, Nathan Lane, Robert Sean Leonard, and Mare Winningham.
The Boys Next Door (play) | Introduction
If you've ever had a yearning to relive the third grade, this must be the next best thing." Brian Lowry of "Variety" also gave the film a mixed review, saying "There are a few bursts of sheer, irresistible idiocy—along the lines of "Wayne's World" or even "Pee-wee's Big Adventure"—but not enough to sustain the more arid stretches."
Billy Madison | Critical response
The Little Girl Next Door is a 1912 American silent short drama directed by Lucius Henderson and written by Philip Lonergan. The film starred William Garwood and Marguerite Snow in the lead roles. Prints of the film are in the Library of Congress and other collections.
The Little Girl Next Door | Introduction
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 64% based on 53 reviews, with the consensus reading "Despite the gimmicky feel of the split narratives, the movie is watchable due to the winning performances by the cast". Metacritic gives the film a score of 59 out of 100 based on 23 reviews, indicating the reaction as "mixed or average". "Time Out" described the film as "essentially a romantic comedy with a nifty gimmick". Angie Errigo of "Empire" gave the film 3/5 stars. Roger Ebert gave it 2/4 stars, and was critical of the screenplay.
Sliding Doors | Critical response
Other times, this character ignores the hero for another male character, despite being the object of his affections.
Girl next door | Characteristics
Allmovie panned the film, writing ""Jimmy, the Boy Wonder" is crafted as crudely as anything from this director's oeuvre, resulting in a crass, slapdash kid pic that undoubtedly led to restlessness and boredom in children and angry parents at the box office arguing about refunds."
Jimmy, the Boy Wonder | Critical reception
[it] acquires a spiritual dimension that allows it ultimately to become an act of redemption". Additional praise for the film came from "Chicago Sun Times" film critic Roger Ebert, who gave the film 3/4 stars, saying that "[The film] adds up to something, unlike a lot of movies where individual shots are sensational, but they add up to nothing"; Ebert did, however, note that the film had a very limited audience: "The odds are good that most people will dislike this film and be offended by it. For others, it will provoke sympathy rather than scorn. You know who you are".
Julien Donkey-Boy | Critical reception
Tremblay is a child actor incapable of a false move. And Larson, so good in "Short Term 12", is magnificent, finding a way into Joy's bruised psyche that tears at your heart."
Room (2015 film) | Critical response
Matt (Woods), a sophisticated college professor and Karen (Capshaw), his schoolteacher wife, have inconsiderate neighbors (a loutish beer-swilling butcher and his wife, played by Quaid and Jenney) whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud erupts and as a series of tit-for-tat actions escalate, they also start to get crueler and more destructive.
Next Door (1994 film) | Plot
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes assigned the film an approval rating of 86%, based on 14 reviews assessed as positive or negative; the average rating among the reviews is 7.33/10. The similar website Metacritic surveyed and assessed 3 reviews as positive and 2 as mixed. It gave an weighted average score of 65 out of 100, which it said indicated "generally favorable reviews".
A Boy. A Girl. A Dream. | Critical reception
On IMDb, it received an average rating of 6.5 out of 10 based on 234 reviews. On the Chinese movie review website, Douban, it received an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 based on 10435 user reviews.
Boys Are Easy | Critical response
Behindwoods said that "The movie is a good watch for children and also will leave deep thoughts in parents".
School Bus (film) | Critical response
The team promoted the movie in various colleges and cities of Nepal. Joshi's performance as the boy next door and its contrast with his debut movie's character was praised but the movie got mixed reviews. One of the songs from the movie, 'Aaja Hamro Bhet Bhako Dina' which was a remake of the old version went on to become a huge hit in platforms like YouTube and TikTok.
Aashirman DS Joshi | Career
A festive treat – highly recommended!”. Meanwhile, in the New Statesman, Ryan Gibely thought that while "in 1975 this lithe blasé vision of an alternative reality must have felt subversive [the] surprise is that it still does."
Boy Meets Boy (musical) | Critical reception
Niamh Wilson was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for a Young Artist Award.
The House Next Door (2006 film) | Awards
The film received positive reviews from critics, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 100% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 6 reviews.
This Teacher | Critical reception
Ananya Bhattacharya of "India Today" rated it three stars out of five. Mayur Sanap of Deccan Chronicle also gave three stars. "The Wire" felt the film dealt with Bollywood tropes.
Gully Boy | Critical response
However, when RAF man Victor is reportedly shot down in action, parental attitudes soften.
Those People Next Door | Plot
The Girl Next Door is a horror novel by American writer Jack Ketchum in 1989. It is about two teen girls who are left in the care of their aunt, and the systematic and escalating abuse both of them and one sister in particular suffer at the hands of their aunt and her children. The novel is loosely based on the murder of Sylvia Likens, in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1965, although the names of the people involved, as well as the location, time and details of the crime itself have been changed. In 2007 it was made into a feature film, "The Girl Next Door".
The Girl Next Door (Ketchum novel) | Introduction
"Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door" tells the story of how Peter Allen rose from New South Wales to the Hollywood Hills and ends up becoming part of American royalty along the way.
Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door | Plot synopsis
The Woman Next Door () is a 1981 French film directed by François Truffaut. Reminiscent of the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult but set among young middle-class people in a provincial city, it tells the story of a fatal romance between a loving husband (Gérard Depardieu) and the attractive woman (Fanny Ardant) who moves in next door. The last of Truffaut's serious films, being followed by the more light-hearted "Vivement dimanche!", it was the 39th highest-grossing film of the year, with a total of 1,087,600 admissions in France.
The Woman Next Door | Introduction
Bruce Boxleitner and Patrick Duffy bonded while filming, playing golf regularly when they weren't shooting the film. Long, Duke, Duffy, and Boxleitner also had fun off the set together. Almost every night after filming, the four adults would run up and down the hotel hallways and lobby armed with cap pistols and have shoot-outs. Patrick Duffy explains: Adds Boxleitner: "So every night in Patty's room, on this little coffee table that was so small, Patrick and I were like gangster gamblers and the girls were our gun molls, playing poker and shooting our guns off in the air. It was hysterical."
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door | Production notes
The girl next door is a young female stock character who is often used in romantic stories. She is so named because she often lives next door to the protagonist or is a childhood friend. They start out with a mutual friendship that later often develops into romantic attraction. A similar expression is "boy next door".
Girl next door | Introduction
This causes a schoolgirl called Aoi Tsutsuse to fall in love with Masahiko and forces herself on to Masahiko, having oral sex in a public cinema. However she is rejected by Masahiko afterwards. Masahiko is met with his teacher, Mrs Hanako. She wants and gets a sperm sample from him, as he gets the highest results in the final exams and she wants to collect the sperm of people with excellent genes for reasons undisclosed. Aoi tries again to seduce Masahiko, but after accepting his second rejection, she masturbates in front of him as this was the only way for her to relieve herself of this love.
Girl Next Door (anime) | Synopsis
It's after a long time that we got to see such a hugely enjoyable Malayalam film." Mythily Ramachandran of "Gulf News" called it "A delightful entertainer with Nivin Pauly in the lead" and said, "Premam is a fun film, a simple love story of the boy next door, like its tagline that reads 'nothing extraordinary in it'." Pramod Thomas of "The New Indian Express" concluded his review saying, "'Premam' is a watchable flick for its realistic treatment of the plot, performance of the newcomers, wits, good songs and for Nivin Pauly."
Premam | Critical response
Having played the boy next door in his earlier films, Kalyan had to step out of his comfort zone to prepare for Gautham's role. Besides gaining weight, he grew a beard for his rugged look. The film received both critical acclaim and wide audience response. His film "Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale" with Sanjay Bharathi, son of director Santhana Bharathi, was a comedy-drama with a lead male character who is highly superstitious. He played the role of a staunch believer in josiyam and jadhagam.
Harish Kalyan | Breakthrough (2018–present)