Review of The Boy Next Door (2015) by Stephen P — 07 Feb 2015

The Boy Next Door was one of the messiest (and at times just plain stupid) films that I have seen recently. The more this film progressed the more I had to question what type of film this was. The plot took it from a drama and a chick flick, to an attempt at a mystery thriller, and then when all else failed just transformed into your average cliche horror slasher; and not one of those genres did it do well.

The movie felt like the studio just gave up and put out an early edit of the film as on a few occasions the film cut from one day to the next and even from one hour to the next and manages to confuse you so much that you don't even know how much time has past until you think about it a little, and even then you still aren't sure.

And then you talk about the performances, no-one in this movie even tried to put in a good performance, all of the actions and reactions by the characters felt exaggerated and so fake that it took you out of the film.

Not the worst performances i've seen but not at all convincing. This film took a few pages from the twilight series and had a few minutes all up of just staring, making the film seem another 15 minutes longer than it already was.

Jennifer Lopez was not as bad as the entire supporting cast but was still playing a bland character. Acting talent aside, there were a few moments in the film where you could forget about the nonsense that was going on and watch a beautiful woman walk around in as little clothing that she could find.

Something to enjoy while having to sit through an hour and a half of crap. 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.

- 2.6/10.