The Boy Next Door

20152015
RR
1h 31min

Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Guzman in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Shortly after her divorce, Claire falls for Noah, the handsome younger man who just moved in across the street, though their affair soon takes an obsessive, dangerous turn.

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A woman, separated from her unfaithful husband, falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.A woman, separated from her unfaithful husband, falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.A woman, separated from her unfaithful husband, falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.

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Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations

Jennifer Lopez in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Guzman in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Ryan Guzman in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Jennifer Lopez in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Jennifer Lopez and Kristin Chenoweth in The Boy Next Door (2015)

John Corbett in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Guzman in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Ryan Guzman in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Kristin Chenoweth and Ryan Guzman in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Guzman in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Jennifer Lopez in The Boy Next Door (2015)

Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Guzman in The Boy Next Door (2015)

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When a handsome, charming teenager named Noah (Ryan Guzman) moves in next door, newly separated high-school teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) encourages his friendship and engages in a little bit of harmless (or so she thinks) flirtation. Although Noah spends much of the time hanging out with Claire's son, the teen's attraction to her is palpable. One night, Claire gives in to temptation and lets Noah seduce her, but when she tries to end the relationship, he turns violent.

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Taglines
- A moment she couldn't resist, an obsession he can't control.
Genre
- Thriller
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for violence, sexual content/nudity and language
Parents guide

Trivia
Jennifer Lopez provided clothes from her own wardrobe for her character, Claire, as a means of keeping the budget down.

Goofs
After Noah defends Kevin from his bullies by beating one of them far too much, Vicky keeps Noah in her office and says that the bully's skull has been fractured. Despite such a serious violent assault during school time and on public school property, Noah does not seem to face any consequences from either the school or the local police. He is not arrested or held accountable to the injured teen's parents or even questioned by any one other than Vicky, the vice principal of the school.

Quotes
[from trailer]
Kevin: Do you wanna take a cookie for the road?
Noah Sandborn: [chuckles] I love your mother's cookies.

Alternate versions
The UK theatrical version is cut by 2 seconds to reduce a moment of eye-gouging during the climax to secure a '15' rating. The DVD is uncut and has a '18' rating.

Connections
Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Kristin Chenoweth/Casey Wilson/Tony Danza/Brandy Clark (2015)

Soundtracks
As Long As You Are Mine
Written by Vega Schenk, John Morrical
Performed by Yes Men feat. MiaKoda
Courtesy of Tryst Records

Top review

Bad

This movie has no point, no interesting Plot. You could tell this movie was gonna be bad just by looking at the trailer. Not even if it was the only thing on TV, I would never watch this movie ever again.

I want to forget this movie even exists, I want it erased from my memory. This movie is one of those movies where the actors just accept the movie just for the money without any purpose. Anyway I don't recommend this at all, please don't waste your time on this I'm telling you ahead of time if you haven't seen it. I don't care if it's early 2015, this is the worst movie of the year and if it get's an Oscar I'm deleting myself from this Earth.

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KobeCryant
Jan 24, 2015

Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $35,423,380
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,910,105
- Jan 25, 2015
Gross worldwide
- $52,425,855

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Runtime
- 1h 31min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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