Probably won't win any awards, but not too bad.

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2004)

"The Girl Next Door" was an obvious remake of "Risky Business", though re-vamped and changed so that in the end, everyone is happy and they have done good. In fact, the twist at the end is pretty good and caught most of the people in the theater off guard. The acting reminds me of any of a hundred other "coming of age" movies that have been made since the 80's. Some pretty good moments, nothing real special. The brightest point in the movie was, without a doubt, Elisha Cuthbert. I haven't watched "24" so I have never seen her before, but I have to say that she is well worth going to see the movie for. Even though the movie probably didn't require her to tax her acting abilities, she was able to convey quite a bit just through her facial expressions. I think they gave her most of the good lines too. All in all, I would have to say that it was worth checking out (but I would recommend the discount matinees).