Shockingly Good

Rating: 10/10 (24 February 2004)

Just saw "The Girl Next Door" tonight, and I must say I was pleasantly surprised. The trailers made it look like a real teen flick, in the style of American Pie or Porkys or something, but that's not the way it came out. The acting was right on in every scene. Even most of the secondary characters were just right. The characters who really stood out were some of the secondary ones, like the main character's best friends and Danielle's producer. The music fits great, and the movie twists in some good surprises. My prognosis is that this movie is being marketed to the wrong audience ala "The Rules of Attraction" and that if it fails it's because it is being advertised to teen moviegoers, not older romantic comedy watchers.