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Parents need to know that this movie has explicit sexual references and situations. Many of the main characters work in the pornography industry. While the glimpses of porn đoạn clip footage are brief and more suggestive than explicit, there are some graphic images & there is a lot of vulgar humor. Characters go lớn a strip club & get lap dances. Characters also drink và smoke, và a character"s inadvertent use of the drug Ecstasy is portrayed as humorous. There is some violence, including fights, và characters use very strong language. Parents should also be aware that they may find the overall themes of the movie inappropriate even for older teens, including the idea of the porn star as a fantasy thắm thiết figure.
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I went into this movie thinking it would be awful due khổng lồ the harsh critic reviews it receives. However, I ended up walking away from the movie actually really l... Continue reading
In THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, good boy Matthew (Emile Hirsch) is just about to get everything he"s been working for. He"s on the verge of getting a scholarship lớn Georgetown and he"s raised $25,000 khổng lồ bring a brilliant student khổng lồ America khổng lồ study. Then one night he sees a gorgeous girl (Elisha Cuthbert) in the house next door, getting undressed. She sees him peeping và comes over -- she is house-sitting. They go for a ride and she asks him when the last time was that he did something crazy. The next thing he knows, he"s standing naked in the street as she drives away. Và soon after that, he và Danielle are up lớn mischief. All is dewy young love in soft focus until he finds out that she"s a porn star. He is disappointed in her. She is disappointed in him because he is disappointed in her. Danielle goes back to her porn producer. Matthew goes after her. Kelly goes after him. The $25,000 disappears. Snobbish bullies must be shown up. & there is still that speech he has to give lớn win that scholarship.
This movie"s overall themes are truly vile. Many films present prostitutes as the lãng mạn ideal, but whether the movie is a silly comedy (Trading Places), a lãng mạn comedy (Pretty Woman), a comedy with literary allusions (Mighty Aphrodite), or even a drama (Leaving Las Vegas and Klute), there is something uncomfortably misogynistic about these heroines. They always seem to lớn be impossible fantasy figures, eternally available & unshockable yet somehow ineradicably pure, and, perhaps the ultimate fantasy, having experienced many men but preferring our leading man.
In the most cynical manner, this movie smugly attempts to have it both ways. It wants us to lớn be titillated by Danielle"s past & yet root for her innocent romance. It wants us to assume that she is both hooker & angel. The ultimate conclusion is all the more smarmy for trying not lớn be. The main actors give decent performances & there are a few moments of comedy, a better-than-average soundtrack, & even a little charm. But the last third of the plot is both vile and stupid.
Families can talk about what Matthew and Danielle see in each other và what the prospects for their future relationship are likely khổng lồ be.
In theaters: April 8, 2004On DVD or streaming: August 23, 2004Run time: 108 minutesMPAA rating: RMPAA explanation: strong sexual content, language & some drug/alcohol useLast updated: September 21, 2019
