The finest example of how a film can be superbly funny and amazingly sweet

Rating: 9/10 (7 October 2007)

A teen movie is not ususally my sort of film, but I like a good comedy and Elisha always brights up a man's day so I decided to give it a whirl. The premise is typical teen plot but the script is far more real (if you ignore the ex porn star moving in next door) than any other. It deals with first love in a way that is so personal that i defy anyone not to be touched by some of the moments in the film. The acting is spot on with Elisha and Emile showing an innocence that is necessary to stop the characters from becoming seedy and desperate. Although these two shine the stand out character and acting is by Timothy Olyphant, the villain of the piece. There are moments in the film where the comedy is kicked out of the park and you have to check again that you haven't flicked over to a psycho movie. But even he has some redeeming features. This movie is an example to all the EuroTrips and Old Schools out there who think crude is funny all the time and that's all you need in a film. The trilogy of modern comedy is now complete: The Girl Next Door
| The 40 year old Virgin
| Knocked Up
I defy you to find three movies that will make you feel as good by the end and made in the last five years. Comedy is far from dead