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The Boy Next Door

  • 2015
  • R
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
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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.

  • Director
    • Rob Cohen
  • Writer
    • Barbara Curry
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Lopez
    • Ryan Guzman
    • Kristin Chenoweth
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    44K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,539
    135
    • Director
      • Rob Cohen
    • Writer
      • Barbara Curry
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Lopez
      • Ryan Guzman
      • Kristin Chenoweth
    • 194User reviews
    • 275Critic reviews
    • 30Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 6 nominations

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

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    Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lopez
    • Claire Peterson
    Ryan Guzman
    Ryan Guzman
    • Noah Sandborn
    Kristin Chenoweth
    Kristin Chenoweth
    • Vicky Lansing
    John Corbett
    John Corbett
    • Garrett Peterson
    Ian Nelson
    Ian Nelson
    • Kevin Peterson
    Lexi Atkins
    Lexi Atkins
    • Allie Callahan
    Hill Harper
    Hill Harper
    • Principal Edward Warren
    Jack Wallace
    Jack Wallace
    • Mr. Sandborn
    Adam Hicks
    Adam Hicks
    • Jason Zimmer
    François Chau
    François Chau
    • Detective Johnny Chou
    • (as Francois Chau)
    Bailey Chase
    Bailey Chase
    • Benny
    Kent Avenido
    Kent Avenido
    • Mr. Avenido
    Travis Schuldt
    Travis Schuldt
    • Ethan
    Brian Mahoney
    Brian Mahoney
    • Couper
    Raquel Gardner
    Raquel Gardner
    • Barbara
    Kari Perdue
    Kari Perdue
    • Rachel
    Chad Bullard
    Chad Bullard
    • Chad the Bully
    Forrest Hoffman
    Forrest Hoffman
    • Forrest the Bully
    • Director
      • Rob Cohen
    • Writer
      • Barbara Curry
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    • 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

    User reviews194

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    5/10
    Playing like a reverse 'Fatal Attraction', this sexual thriller starring a still-hot Jennifer Lopez is generic and predictable but never less than watchable
    Like its subject matter, 'The Boy Next Door' is getting such a hush- hush treatment it almost seems as if someone didn't want you to see it. If that is any indication that someone was embarrassed by how this reverse 'Fatal Attraction' thriller turned out, well we're glad to say that it isn't as bad as we had feared. To be sure, that should not be mistaken for any endorsement of its merit, but given how little pre-release publicity its distributors bestowed upon it, we were sure expecting something much, much worse.

    In her first big-screen role in two years, Jennifer Lopez plays a middle-aged high-school literature teacher who is still struggling to recover emotionally from her husband's (John Corbett) betrayal one year on and raising her teenage son, Kevin (Ian Nelson, on her own. Enter new neighbour Noah (Step Up's Ryan Guzman), who has moved in next door with his ailing uncle and proves himself to be quite the fix-it hero around her place, especially since Garrett's (Corbett) absence means that there is a space for a man to be around the house. Even better, Noah loves poetry and his intimate knowledge of Homer's 'The Iliad' becomes one of the first few things over which he and Claire (Lopez) develop a connection over.

    There is however no mistaking their (mutual) sexual attraction, not when director Rob Cohen introduces Noah bicep-first when he glides into frame to prepare Claire's wonky garage door. When Kevin takes off with Garrett for a weekend camping trip and Claire's had one drink too many after a failed dinner date, Noah seizes the opportunity to get it on with Claire. The morning after, Claire wakes to proclaim their coupling a mistake – no matter that Guzman looks older than he is meant to be in the movie, he is a new transfer senior attending Claire's class at her school. Her rebuff doesn't sit well with Noah, whom we slowly learn is in fact a psychotic stalker who grows even more enraged when he catches her responding to Garrett's advances to give their marriage a second chance.

    First-time screenwriter Barbara Curry slowly ratchets up the stakes against Claire – first, Noah 'poisons' Kevin's relationship with his father; then, he threatens to make public photos and even a video of their one-night dalliance; then, he sabotages the brakes on Garrett's Dodger; and finally, he kidnaps Garrett and Kevin – which Cohen builds up as an increasingly thrilling chain of events leading up to their final confrontation. Not only does Noah prove himself to be a master manipulator, he also shows himself to be prone to bouts of violence, in particular against Claire's good friend and the school's vice principal (Kristin Chenoweth).

    That said, it isn't anything we haven't yet before, or done to more titillating extremes; yet, despite its familiarity, Cohen guides the proceedings along with the sure hand of a veteran, and it is to his credit that the end result is much more engaging than it ought to be. We're not sure what Lopez saw in the material for her to not only star but produce this rehash of 90s exploitation thrillers, but she at least makes her character sympathetic. The same however cannot be said of Guzman, whose portrayal of menace and malevolence doesn't go much deeper than the acting you'll see in a high school play. And for those who are expecting to see Lopez and Guzman get hot and heavy, well let's just say that you're likely to find yourself left cold.

    It is probably too easy to lambast a movie like 'The Boy Next Door', but the truth is there are many worse films out there which deserve to be buried more so than this does. The premise does feel dated, but there hasn't been a sexual thriller like 'Basic Instinct' or for that matter 'Fatal Attraction' in a while, so if you're in the mood for some trashy B-grade thrills, you'll probably find some of those urges satisfied somewhat by this teaser that never does really get past first base.
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    • Release date
      • January 23, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Anh Chàng Hàng Xóm
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Blumhouse Productions
      • Smart Entertainment
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    • 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
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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