The Girl Next Door (2004)

The Girl Next Door: Directed by Luke Greenfield. With Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant, James Remar. A teenager’s dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love.

“Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is a high school student and he is also a straight laced overachiever. Matthew never really lived life until he falls for his hot new neighbor (Elisha Cuthbert). But Matthew and his new neighbor have a nice relationship going until Matthewu0026#39;s close friend (Chris Marquette) discover that Matthewu0026#39;s girlfriend is a former porn star. Matthewu0026#39;s sheltered existence spins out of control.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDirected by Luke Greenfield (The Animal) made an fresh, somewhat original High-School/Romantic outrageous comedy. Hirsch is a young likable leading man. Cuthbert is simply beautiful. The filmu0026#39;s scene stealing performance is Timothy Olyphant as a Pornu0026#39;s Producer. The film also stars:James Remar (The Warriors) and Paul Dano (L.I.E.) in nice supporting roles.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDVD gas an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer (Also in Pan u0026amp; Scan) and an fine-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD also has an commentary track by the director and a trivia track.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Unrated DVD has the same Widescreen transfer and sound quality with the same commentary track by the director and a trivia track. The DVD new features are a behind the scenes featurette, an extremely funny featurette, a hilarious hidden feature and more. Some people might call this u0026quot;Risky Businessu0026quot; meets u0026quot;American Pieu0026quot;. But this is a good hearted wild comedy. Do not miss this. Screenplay by Staurt Blumberg (Keeping the Faith), David T. Wagner (National Lampoonu0026#39;s Van Wilder) and Brent Goldberg (Underclassmen). From a story by Wagner and Goldberg. (****/*****).”