The Boy Next Door

Plot synopsis:
Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) is on the verge of divorcing her husband Garrett (John Corbett) after he was caught cheating with his secretary. She kicks him out and it causes a rift between both of them and their son Kevin (Ian Nelson). Claire's best friend Vicky Lansing (Kristin Chenoweth) stands by her and urges her to sign the divorce papers immediately and leave Garrett for good.For Kevin's birthday, Garrett shows up for dinner. He invites Claire and Kevin to a fishing trip following a business trip he's taking in San Francisco, which is where his affair took place. Claire declines the invitation but allows Kevin to join his father. She is still very much hurt by the deception.One day, Claire is getting ready to take Kevin out when their garage door gets stuck. Claire goes to push it open and is helped by a young man named Noah Sandborn (Ryan Guzman). He is the nephew of Claire's wheelchair-bound neighbor. Noah offers to help fix the garage door. He goes with Kevin to the hardware store. After they leave, Noah's uncle tells Claire that Noah's parents died the previous year and he is still coping with the loss.The boys walk to the hardware store, and Kevin learns that Noah is going to attend the same high school as him, where Claire happens to be a teacher. After they get their stuff, Kevin notices a girl from his school that works there named Allie Callahan (Lexi Atkins). He has a crush on her but is too nervous around her. Noah persuades him to go up and talk to her. As Kevin goes to pay, Noah introduces himself to Allie. Moments later, three punks on skateboards led by a guy named Jason Zimmer (Adam Hicks) come in and harass Kevin in front of Allie and Noah.Noah spends a lot of time with Kevin while his uncle is in the hospital, and Claire invites him to have lunch with them and Vicky. Claire mentions that she teaches classic literature at school, prompting Noah to quote Homer and express his love for "The Iliad". Claire is clearly impressed by this. Later, Noah notices a pair of stilettos that Claire keeps in a box, which she says were a gift from Vicky. Noah comments that the shoes are for women who try to be sexy, and that Claire doesn't need to try. He apologizes for sounding too forward.With Kevin and Garrett away on their trip, Claire is getting ready to go out. She looks out the window and sees Noah naked in his room. He spots her watching him, but she hides behind the curtains.Claire goes on a double date with Vicky and her boyfriend Ethan (Travis Schuldt) with his buddy Couper (Brian Mahoney) at a restaurant. Couper is a douchebag that insults Claire's fondness for classic literature and calls her a firecracker when she defends her opinion. She also notices him checking out a waitress. Claire leaves the restaurant and goes home.Noah calls Claire and tells her he tried defrosting a chicken in a microwave. He asks her to come over and help him cook it properly. She ends up going over and staying to eat the chicken with him after they cook it properly. Noah continues to flirt with Claire, and while she is interested, she feels it would be wrong. Noah starts to kiss her and feel her up, leaving her unable to resist. They end up having very passionate sex.The next morning, Claire starts to regret what happened the previous night. She tells Noah what they did was wrong. But tt makes him so angry that he punches a wall and bloodies his knuckles.Kevin and Garrett return from their trip. They have lunch with Claire, when Noah shows up moments later. Claire brings in a plate of cookies, and Noah asks her if she told the guys what happened while they were gone. She says there was a big rainstorm, to which Noah smugly remarks that it got very wet over there. Kevin offers him a cookie, and Noah responds, "I love your mother's cookies."The school year begins, and as Claire begins her first class, the principal comes in and tells her that Noah is joining their class, since he made it appear as though Claire requested him to transfer into her class. She realizes that he hacked her computer.Kevin and Noah hang out, despite Claire starting to feel uncomfortable with Noah. Noah takes Kevin to the woods with a gun belonging to his uncle. He sets up a line of oranges and manipulates Kevin into hating his father for cheating on Claire. This is present at the dinner table when Garrett comes over and Kevin yells at him.Kevin joins Noah at the school gym and he takes out his frustration on a punching bag. Kevin overexerts himself and starts to go into shock. Noah rushes to the locker and grabs Kevin's epipen. He sticks it in Kevin's leg and saves him.Vicky brings Claire some flowers at work that they both believe came from Garrett. Claire calls him and he denies sending anything. She figures that Noah sent them and she confronts him in the gym. A teacher notices this and sees her shove Noah.Kevin goes back to the hardware store to ask Allie out to a movie. She says she can't, but she would like to go with him to the fall fling.Claire and Garrett go out on a date, and he starts to get handsy with her. She is still upset over the affair, but Garrett truly wants to start fresh. Noah notices all this and he angrily confronts Claire about it the next morning. Kevin catches them, and, since he's still upset with his parents, he rides to school with Noah.Jason and his buddies go over to Kevin and bug him. Kevin steps up to confront Jason when Noah comes in and kicks Jason into the locker before repeatedly slamming his head against it. Vicky runs in to break up the fight, only to get shoved by Noah. He is pulled off by a bigger teacher. Noah is sent to the principal's office where Vicky (who is the vice principal) says the school never got Noah's transcript from his previous school because he was kicked out for disorderly conduct. In response, Noah calls her a "dried-up dirty fucking cunt." Vicky raises her hand to strike him, but he catches it. He leaves as she expels him.Claire chaperones the fall fling and leaves Kevin with Allie. Allie tells Claire about a leak in the boy's bathroom. She goes to turn the sink off and sees in big letters on the wall, "I fucked Claire Peterson". Noah emerges from the darkness and tries to force himself on Claire, only to get kicked in the balls. She tells him to stay away from her and Kevin.The next day, Claire's students are locked out of the class. She opens the door and looks inside to see something awful. She leaves her students outside and finds hundreds of pictures all over the classroom showing her and Noah having sex, with even more being printed out. Claire unplugs the printer and frantically tries to get rid of the pictures as the principal shows up. She opens the door for the students to come in. The principal expresses his concern over Claire's recent behavior, and he tells her of what he heard regarding her confrontation with Noah in the gym.Garrett picks Kevin up from school to drive his car home. Kevin drives it angrily, still resentful towards his dad. He goes way too fast and is unable to stop since the brakes are out. Kevin nearly hits two cars until Garrett helps him swerve into a row of water containers on the road.Claire returns home and sees the dent in Garrett's car. He and Kevin don't tell Claire what happened and assure her they're both fine. She finds them watching TV with Noah. He follows her into the kitchen where she tells him about the photos. He tells her he took a video of their night together, and if she wants it, she has to go to his house. Claire does go over later that night, but Noah promises to give the video only if she continues sleeping with him. She refuses and leaves.Claire tells Vicky everything and asks for her help. She tells Claire to get into Noah's house and find the tape herself.Noah follows what he thinks is Claire's car, only to see Vicky. He turns his car around, prompting Vicky to call Claire, just as she is breaking into Noah's house. She finds the camera hidden behind a clock above the fireplace. She walks into the basement and finds hundreds of pictures of herself all over the walls. Claire looks into Noah's laptop and finds the video and picture files. She trashes all of it, and then spots two other files with pictures of brakes, implying that Noah was the one that cut the brakes out of Garrett's car, as well as from a minivan. Claire goes back upstairs and is startled when Noah's uncle shows up. She runs back home.Claire meets with a detective and learns that Noah's parents were killed in a car accident after his dad swerved into a truck. She is taken to the remains of the car and figures it's the same minivan listed in Noah's laptop.At home, Claire calls Vicky and is startled when the door gets banged on. She thinks it's Noah, and Vicky tells Claire to go to her house with Kevin. The door opens and it's just Kevin. After the ladies hang out, Vicky gets knocked over the head by Noah.Noah calls Kevin and invites him to go over to Vicky's house. He has Vicky tied up and gagged while he calls Claire and uses a recording of Vicky's voice to have her come over.Claire arrives at Vicky's house. It's dark and the lights have been cut. Claire gets frightened by Vicky's cat and stumbles against the closet, which opens up and drops out Vicky's dead body. Noah slashed her throat. Claire screams and runs out of the house. She calls the police, right as Noah finds her and pulls her out of the car. She tells him she knows he killed his parents. Noah says that he loved his mother, but she killed herself after his father cheated on her, and he cut the brakes of the minivan to kill his father and the mistress.Noah takes Claire to a barn house where he has both Garrett and Kevin tied up. Noah threatens to kill them both unless Claire agrees to stay with him. She grabs a wrench and whacks him with it. She runs over to Kevin and tries to untie him until Noah gets up and pulls Claire away. He grabs some kerosene and throws it all around Garrett and Kevin. He takes out the lighter when Claire pushes him and makes him drop it, igniting the kerosene. The barn house starts to go up in flames. Garrett gets himself loose and wraps the rope on his wrists around Noah's throat. Noah gets his gun and shoots Garrett once in the chest. Claire takes Kevin's epipen and jabs Noah's eye. She tries to go back and untie Kevin, but Noah continues to fight her. She sticks her finger in his eye, making it ooze pus and blood. Kevin breaks the rope and whacks Noah with a block of wood, and Noah pushes him off. He aims his gun at Kevin and says that sometimes heroes need to make difficult choices. Claire calls Noah and says, "You're no hero" before pulling a switch that drops an engine on Noah to finally kill him. Claire and Kevin pull Garrett up and walk out of the burning barn house.The paramedics and police arrive on the scene. They wheel Garrett into the ambulance with Claire and Kevin riding by his side. She continues to assure Garrett everything will be okay and that they're finally going home.

Tags: insanity, violence, murder, romantic

Review:
For a movie called, "The Boy Next Door," there should be more suspense and plot twists that lead up to the title role, rather than a one-time encounter that basically reveals almost immediately who the antagonist is.It's not a entirely bad movie to pass the time with; however, you will find much more suspenseful and captivating thriller than this one.Grade C-.
This erotic thriller starring Jennifer Lopez is definitely one of the worst movies I have seen in recent history.
This film was like a rip-off of movies like Fatal Attraction or American Psycho.Jennifer Lopez plays Claire, a mother who is dealing with marriage problems and is a teaches English at a high school.
The fight scene were unrealistic and looked as if the actors didn't know what they were doing and had to constantly had be directed by the camera man.I do not recommend this movie to anyone unless they are a die hard Jennifer Lopez fan..
The Boy Next Door pits a recent divorceè in a torrid affair with the next door neighbor who happens to be crazy and you could probably tell how this film is going to go due to its overtly "let's not even try anymore" attitude.
It is paced terribly, it has the dialog of a cheesy Lifetime movie from the nineties and it has Jennifer Lopez in her worst role to date.
Clearly it's just a vanity project for Jennifer Lopez.There are some very strange elements that occur during the movie which lead me to think that perhaps a lot of content was left on the cutting room floor.
The classic literature teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) lives alone with her teenage son Kevin (Ian Nelson) in a house in the suburb.
When the handsome nephew of her next door neighbor Noah Sandborn (Ryan Guzman) loses his parents in a car accident, he moves to the house and befriends Claire and Kevin.
While more reminiscent of an old TV Movie-Of- The-Week than a Hollywood release, it was pretty intense thanks to decent acting by both Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Guzman.
The last time I saw Jennifer Lopez in a movie was in "Anaconda" and I thought she was very good in that role--which was 18 years ago.
High school teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) throws her cheating husband Garrett (John Corbett) out.
First of all, I loved the casting for this movie, Jennifer Lopez did a great job as the lead role, and let's not forget our psychopath, Ryan Guzman, he really played his role well, nice and creepy, with a twisted edge to him.
Kristin Chenoweth was very pleasant playing Jennifer Lopez's best friend and co-worker, and in my opinion, just added to the movie, Ian Nelson, who played Jennifer's teenage son was impressive in his role, no complaints here!
Playing like a reverse 'Fatal Attraction', this sexual thriller starring a still-hot Jennifer Lopez is generic and predictable but never less than watchable.
To be sure, that should not be mistaken for any endorsement of its merit, but given how little pre-release publicity its distributors bestowed upon it, we were sure expecting something much, much worse.In her first big-screen role in two years, Jennifer Lopez plays a middle-aged high-school literature teacher who is still struggling to recover emotionally from her husband's (John Corbett) betrayal one year on and raising her teenage son, Kevin (Ian Nelson, on her own.
Enter new neighbour Noah (Step Up's Ryan Guzman), who has moved in next door with his ailing uncle and proves himself to be quite the fix-it hero around her place, especially since Garrett's (Corbett) absence means that there is a space for a man to be around the house.
Even better, Noah loves poetry and his intimate knowledge of Homer's 'The Iliad' becomes one of the first few things over which he and Claire (Lopez) develop a connection over.There is however no mistaking their (mutual) sexual attraction, not when director Rob Cohen introduces Noah bicep-first when he glides into frame to prepare Claire's wonky garage door.
Her rebuff doesn't sit well with Noah, whom we slowly learn is in fact a psychotic stalker who grows even more enraged when he catches her responding to Garrett's advances to give their marriage a second chance.First-time screenwriter Barbara Curry slowly ratchets up the stakes against Claire – first, Noah 'poisons' Kevin's relationship with his father; then, he threatens to make public photos and even a video of their one-night dalliance; then, he sabotages the brakes on Garrett's Dodger; and finally, he kidnaps Garrett and Kevin – which Cohen builds up as an increasingly thrilling chain of events leading up to their final confrontation.
Not only does Noah prove himself to be a master manipulator, he also shows himself to be prone to bouts of violence, in particular against Claire's good friend and the school's vice principal (Kristin Chenoweth).That said, it isn't anything we haven't yet before, or done to more titillating extremes; yet, despite its familiarity, Cohen guides the proceedings along with the sure hand of a veteran, and it is to his credit that the end result is much more engaging than it ought to be.
And for those who are expecting to see Lopez and Guzman get hot and heavy, well let's just say that you're likely to find yourself left cold.It is probably too easy to lambast a movie like 'The Boy Next Door', but the truth is there are many worse films out there which deserve to be buried more so than this does.
After all those years, Jennifer Lopez still makes for a good female lead and great movies.
I had to take time to compose myself and trite conveniences such as these which pop up all over the place in The Boy Next Door make the entire film laughably bad.
In fact The Boy Next Door makes films like White House Down and The Gunman, which are so called thrillers look like the next Casino Royale.
I will be the first to say that I don't think that's a viable solution to the problem at hand.F. Nothing New. The Boy Next Door is a psychological thriller by Barbara Curry and directed by Rob Cohen.
If you know what to expect from The Boy Next Door, then this movie is worth watching.
Considering the budget of the movie this is a great product and was at the edge of my seat, waiting to see how the plot would progress when Noah (Ryan Guzman) began to spiral into his obsession with Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez).
If this type of film is your thing then I would recommend the vastly superior The Resident with Hilary Swank who is a far better actress then Lopez but if you have a couple of spare hours and don't have to pay for the privilege of watching it then you will be entertained and is certainly not as bad as many of the reviews claim..
I Love Your Mother's Cookies: Saw The Boy Next Door starring Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, Ian Nelson, John Corbett and Kristin Chenoweth and wasn't really too impressed.
"Claire Peterson" played by Lopez is a Classical Literature High School teacher who is basically going through a rough marriage with "Garrett Peterson" played by Corbett, which leaves her very emotionally vulnerable to cheat on him like he did to her.
Vice Principal "Vicky Lansing" played by Chenoweth encourages "Claire" to file for divorce from Garrett and meet new people which doesn't go well.As "Garrett Peterson" attempts to come back in to "Claire Peterson" and their son "Kevin Peterson's (Nelson) life, "Noah Sandborn" played by Guzman moves next door to take care of his sick uncle because his parents tragically died in a car crash and he had no where else to go.
One of the creepy twists to the movie comes in to play when weird things start happening to the Peterson's cars, and if you pay attention closely, you'll easily identify how and why "Noah's parents tragically died later in the film.Being that "Claire" is emotionally vulnerable due to her cheating husband "Garrett" who she is now separated from at this point and "Noah" is very infatuated with her, they sleep together, but when she tried to end this relationship between them "Noah" becomes a manipulative stalker, turning the "Peterson's" in to his target for a violent obsession, "Claire." This film is a sexy intense thriller but featured a similar plot to Addicted, No Good Deed, and other past sex/stalker-type obsession movies.
When you buy a ticket to a movie called "The Boy Next Door" with Jennifer Lopez in her nightie on the poster with a sexy guy staring angrily into the black, you know EXACTLY what you're going to get.
I knew that it was filmed on a low-budget, but I heard that it was decent and wanted to check it out.What I will say (not to spoil anything) is that the movie is much more of a thriller / suspense builder than it puts on to be in the trailer or synopsis.
The ending isn't predictable!If you like suspense / thriller films, I suggest you check it out.
Even though it's not such a bad way to waste 90 minutes of your time, ''The Boy Next Door'' has very awkward script, awkward editing and in their attempt to make the film fast-paced, they end up making it full of awkward 10-second-long scenes and very cringeworthy dialogue at times.
Jennifer Lopez' acting was fine, considering the role she was given, but I felt like Ryan Guzman and the actor who plays Kevin had more chemistry than Lopez & Guzman in that hardware store scene, even though there was nothing sexual about it and considering the characters' heterosexual orientation.
Overall, I give this film a 5 out of 10, simply because I like the both leads, it had some fun moments and interesting scenes, and despite constantly cringing throughout this 90-minute guilty pleasure, I enjoyed it.
Overall this film isn't awards material still it's a sexy and deviant dangerous thriller that will have a good cult following proving that lust and obsession will always hurt and burn your love heart in the end and this film was made even better by the sexy Jennifer Lopez!.
High school English teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) lives alone with her son Kevin (Ian Nelson).
And I was lucky enough to see his and her latest film, "The Boy Next Door" (R, 1:31).Lopez plays Claire Peterson, a high school literature teacher with a cheating husband (John Corbett) and a sweet, bullied teenage son named Kevin (Ian Nelson) who has severe medical issues.
And that's when the "fun" REALLY begins."The Boy Next Door" is a throwback to the bad guy movies of the 1980s and the erotic thrillers of the 90s, but that's okay by me.
Ryan Guzman did an awesome job of being cute and scary at the same time and Jennifer Lopez (even with the usual cheesy thriller script) was somehow able to get into this role and show that she is a great actress.
Noah Sandborn's life is going well, he just moved in with his uncle, he's gone back to high school to finish his final year, his teacher/neighbour (Jennifer Lopez) is creepily watching him undress through the upstairs bedroom...yes life is going well for this attractive, charismatic young man.
'The Boy Next Door' is your absolute standard stalker film, starting with one night of passion that obviously means more to one than the other, sending that person over the deep end and making him accomplish feats that makes you just want to employ him for his amazing time management.
His actions are exciting at times, and although predictable, isn't completely insufferable to watch, which basically sums up the movie as a whole as well: it really isn't any better or worse than the other films that followed this exact formula, so if you're a fan of 'Swimfan', 'The Roommate', 'Single White Female 2' and the 100s of other identical films, you'll probably enjoy this just fine..
Noah Sandborn (Ryan Guzman) moves next door to Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez), a teacher of Classical English Literature at the high school Noah will be attending.
Jennifer Lopez (Money Train, Jack) stars as Claire Peterson, a beautiful San Fernando Valley high school teacher who has recently separated from her cheating husband Garrett, played by John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Sex and the City 2).
Though you would not know it from the flawless makeup and runway-ready wardrobe she wears while grading papers in her mini mansion, Claire is feeling lost and lonely, and struggling to raise her teenage son, Kevin, played by Ian Nelson (The Hunger Games, The Best of Me), alone.One day, some young, bulging biceps, handsome help arrives, his name is Noah, played by Ryan Guzman (Step Up: Revolution, Everybody Wants Some).
Especially a class filled with hormone-crazed teenagers.Also, in the film Noah looks like a 30 something year old man in high school.
Okay so this movie was really something.You know that kind of scares you off stalkers and people like that.What Claire did in the end was awful,terrible and macabre maybe.This was something I couldn't even think of doing even to my captor-to be quiet honest!He was a clearly obsessed and this obsession or passion led to his own destruction.I mean he was so blinded by obsession that he couldn't think straight.Well I enjoyed the movie on the whole but the last scene was kind of dreadful for me.And the memory would last.However,Ryan Guzman is devilishly handsome and this character pretty suit him.J-lo is not really my favourite but she did really well though.So on the whole it was prolly based on a different theme which played well I must say!.
The Boy Next Door is a stupid and pointless film, especially when you start thinking about all the plot holes and bad acting.
Claire, (Jennifer Lopez), quickly comes to her senses, after her brief moment of weakness, and she tries to convince Noah (Ryan Guzman) that there is no way that they can have a relationship.
Anyway, this movie is basically what it says on the tin so don't expect anything that amazing.Budget: $4million Worldwide Gross: $51millionI recommend this movie to people who are into their drama/thrillers about a woman who has a moment of weakness with the boy next door which leads to a string of events that puts her life in danger.
Not as good as Fear, but one of the better Jennifer Lopez movies I have seen.
Overall, not as good as Fear, but one of the better Jennifer Lopez movies I have seen.
Claire Peterson(Jennifer Lopez) is a high school teacher, right before the school year starts a new student moves in next door.
This movie was a mess, riddled with bad acting, a terrible plot, predictable forced dialogue and one of the most rushed endings i've seen recently.
I think it's fair to say that you don't expect much when a film is released in January and stars Jennifer Lopez.
Let alone a singer and a guy whose acting credentials come out of the 'Step Up' sequels.Most of your time in the movie is spent laughing at how bad and unbelievable the film is or (for the guys) disappointed at how little of JLo you see in the sex scene.Just crap.
Jennifer Lopez plays Claire, the mother of a 17-year-old son (Ian Nelson as Kevin) who is going through a divorce.
And yes, I am considering that you have to be some kind of dummy to even consider watching what looked like a bad movie from the trailer.I almost want to call this film a science fiction story because none of the people in it behave like human beings and the police do not exist in this world.
This is an erotic thriller with Jennifer Lopez, it's rated R and there's a prolonged sex scene between her and Ryan Guzman...
Your unstoppably unimaginative, awfully written plot was just the pallet cleanser I needed to enjoy "Pan's Labyrinth" with a fresh pair of eyes.Don't even consider watching this film, even as a movie that's "So Bad it's Good".
There have been highs and lows.Jennifer Lopez plays a high school teacher separated from her husband(John Corbett), and trying to be a good mother to her teenage son.
When handsome teenager Noah Sandborn (Ryan Guzman) moves in next door to take care of his ailing uncle, separated high-school teacher from her husband Garrett (John Corbett), Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) and him begin a friendship and occasionally engage in what she thinks is harmless flirtation.
One evening, Claire decides to give in to Noah's attempts of seduction and when she tries to end their relationship, he suddenly becomes obsessive and violent.When I thought there was never going to be a film worse than Fantastic Four, here comes The Boy Next Door.
Especially i liked the way Noah turned into something different in the second half of the movie.
Many years ago, Jennifer Lopez displayed talent as an actress in some excellent films (Out of Sight, U-Turn), until she later became involved in many awful movies.
Playing the title role of The Boy Next Door is Ryan Guzman and he's attracted Jennifer Lopez's attention.
I think those who created The Boy Next Door must have seen this film because that is also about a woman separated from her husband who gets seduced by a young man who also befriended her son.
'THE BOY NEXT DOOR': One and a Half Stars (Out of Five)Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Guzman star in this 'FATAL ATTRACTION'-esque B-movie thriller.
It's a painfully bad movie!Lopez plays Claire Peterson; a mother, and high school teacher, who was recently cheated on by her husband, Garrett (Corbett).
Lopez and Guzman also give horrible performances (the two worst of the entire film) and the directing is pretty bad as well.