Oh Elisha Cuthbert...your pouty looks make my heart melt

Rating: 10/10 (26 July 2004)

Elisha Cuthbert. What more can I say? This cute little sex-kitten is the best thing to come out of Canada since Brian Adams. As for this film? It was good enough for me to take the time to comment on, so that is certainly saying something.
The Girl Next Door goes against a couple of long standing norms in that it is: A)	A creative, engaging coming-of-age flick B)	A classy film about porn
Granted, Elisha Cuthbert could stand in front of a camera making pouty lip-faces and giggle that cute little laugh of hers for 75 minutes and the film could gross 75 million, but this movie just inexplicably `did it' for me, no pun intended...the plot was able to stand on its own.
The imagination that this film inspires: the notion that a moment of serendipity can await an unsuspecting, worthy person is what really inspired me. This movie also managed to avoid the majority of the teen romance clichés, which is certainly a good thing. I gave this one an unequivocal 10 rating: Not only did Elisha Cuthbert make this film great, but the plot was quite impressive too, as I certainly wasn't expecting much.

And the best part about this movie? Freddie Prinze Jr. wasn't in it. Instead, some kid who looks like he belongs in a Harry Potter movie got some actiononly in the movies ;o)