Pop Culture Junk

Rating: 4/10 (5 April 2004)

This movie is a typical "boy meets girl" story. Without getting into the whole "porn" issue, the story is about a group of kids living their teenage lives in "La La land" California. What I had trouble with is the way they marketed the movie being a movie "for the next generation." What? How does this stupid movie define a generation let alone be for a new generation? Since the film only showcases the high 1% of teenagers living in LA county, how can the rest off the 99% of the youth in America relate with this flick? It is unrealistic and crude to be anywhere close to being reality, let alone defining a generation. Besides that, The Girl Next Door is your typical story about "the girl next door" that every guy wants. This storyline has been reproduced many times. This movie stands on its own by teasing its audience every ten seconds with sex, sex, and more sex. Far from an excellent movie. It will do huge in foreign countries since it depicts young American woman as easy going and very sexual.