Severely Under-rated

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2004)

First off let me say I stayed away from this film for one reason: "Ebert & Roeper." I don't often watch movie review shows, however I was channel surfing once, and I caught them reviewing a favorite film of mine: "Kill Bill: Volume 2" So I stayed and watched the whole show. Then they came to review "The Girl Next Door." Now I was actually thinking on maybe seeing the film, but they made the film look so bad, I expected it to be another "Gigli", if that's even possible. So I stayed away from seeing the film until recently I caught a late season showing of it at a local theater of mine, the film was not bad at all! It made the third American Pie look very bad in fact.
Yes, the film is filled with sex and nudity, but that only accents the comedy and romance. The film isn't some stupid romance like "A Walk To Remember" but it also isn't an all sex film like "Wild Things" It's a rather sweet film, it actually makes you feel better about movies.
I respect Ebert & Roeper and more often then not they are correct in their judgment, but they were way off here.
7/10 - Must Rent. Suggested Buy.