The Girl Next Door Movie Review 2004

Porn goddess Danielle (Cuthbert) moves to suburbia to taunt and tease nerdy teen next door, Matt (Hirsch). The two meet cute and a "Risky Business" redo ensues: Matt hooks up with Danielle, to the delight of his two geeky friends (Marquette and Dano), who inform Matt of the illicit past Danielle is trying to leave behind. That past includes former producer Olyphant, who shows up to woo Danielle back to "the life" while schooling the studious Matt in the ways of the world. He must then juggle a trip to a Vegas porn convention and work on a speech on morality to win a scholarship to Georgetown. Though Cuthbert and Hirsch are attractive and have decent chemistry, it's Olyphant that scores with an above average comedic performance in this otherwise uninspired genre fare.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 108 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Strained Suburbia, Pornography, High School, Viva Las Vegas!, Teen Comedy

Screenplay

David T. Wagner, Brent Goldberg, Stuart Blumberg

Cast

Elisha Cuthbert, Emile Hirsch, Timothy Olyphant, James Remar, Christopher Marquette, Paul Franklin Dano, Timothy Bottoms, Donna Bullock, Amanda Swisten, Jacob Young, Brian Kolodziej

Cinematography

Jamie Anderson

Director

Luke Greenfield

Music

Paul Haslinger

Other

David M. Kelson, Mark Livolsi, Jason Weil, Marilyn Vance, Steven Lineweaver

Producer

Harry Gittes, Chuck Gordon, New Regency Pictures, 20th Century-Fox