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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jan 9, 2010
Pros: Disturbing true story captured with exceptional cinematic tension.
Cons: Auffarth was lukewarm.
Summary: As I was watching The Girl Next Door I kept thinking to myself "I have seen this film before." It was a nagging feeling, but something seemed different. The concept seemed identical, but the delivery seemed new. It took me a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 13, 2011
Pros: Shocking and disturbing with a purpose.
Great performances.
Cons: Too unrelentingly brutal for the average viewer.
Weak resolution.
Summary: Before you jump my sh!+ about giving this extremely well-made film such a low score, hear me out. I rate films primarily based on how much I personally enjoyed them with artistic credibility and execution coming secondary. This is not a film to be ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 26, 2009
Pros: Interesting story. Particularly good performance by Auffarth.
Cons: Some poor acting. Creepy and disturbing. Slang that doesn't quite fit the setting.
Summary: As I mentioned in my review of Gardens of the Night, my Netflix picks this week have been very disturbing. On Christmas Eve, my husband Bill and I watched The Girl Next Door (2007), a film based on the novel of the same name by Jack ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 22, 2009
Pros: Fine performance from Blythe Auffarth
Cons: Dialogue, acting from remaining cast
Summary: the plotDavid Moran, a middle-aged man receives a crude painting in the mail, and the sight of it immediately takes hold of his memories and forces him to think upon an event in his life that he wishes he could ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 3, 2009
Pros: extremely disturbing but true account, Baker was terrifying
Cons: ...
Summary: Today I had the unfortunate experience of watching The Girl Next Door which was adapted to screen by Daniel Farrands & Philip Nutman from the book by Jack Ketchum. This is a surrealistic take on a coming of age movie like Stand By Me ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 4, 2008
Pros: Acting.
Very creepy.
True to story.
Cons: Ending.
Characters too one dimensinal.
Summary: WARNING, contains spoilers. Who is worse; the abuser who uses their position of power to torture and maim innocent people, or the person who sits idly by and allows the abuse to continue? How can I possibly review a movie like The Girl ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 27, 2008
Pros: Lead actor Manche does a nice job, cinematography has moments
Cons: Direction, dialog, acting, lack of conclusion, bookend effect that adds nothing, character depth, motivation
Summary: When I first heard someone mention "The Girl Next Door," I mistakenly thought of the somewhat amusing "Risky Business" clone and Elisha Cuthbert vehicle of the same name. Now that I've seen this version, I sort of wish I'd remained mistaken. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 20, 2008
Pros: Looks good, Manche is a good lead.
Cons: Auffarth is awful, lacks emotion and "teeth," supposed to be disturbing but isn't...
Summary: I've never been shy about admitting to enjoying films and books with very dark themes. I love reading nasty, disgusting, and amoral horror. I also can't help but enjoy similar things in movies. A few weeks back I read The Girl Next Door by Jack ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 19, 2008
Pros: Gut wrenching horror.
Cons: Not for youngsters at all.
Summary: It seems that a large number of movie goers are fans of the horror genre. Theatres fill when the exploits of Michael Meyers, Leatherface or Jason Vorhees arrive. These movies are all known as horror films, but in fact they offer more fantasy than actual ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 14, 2008
Pros: Great cast, great script, great direction.
Cons: Very intense and disturbing.
Summary: If I were a quote-whore film critic, I’d undoubtedly start talking about the cinematic adaptation of Jack Ketchum’s novel The Girl Next Door as the “feel bad movie of the year”. Not since Gaspar Noe’s soul-crushing Irreversible ... read more
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Jack Ketchum's disturbing novel moves to the screen with this horror film. A young boy develops a crush on his new neighbor, but he soon realizes that...
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Based on the harrowing best-seller by author Jack Ketchum, director Gregory Wilson's The Girl Next Door presents a fictionalized account of the shocki...
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