When it comes to most teen flicks one should always remember to set brain activity knob to LOW and expect a steady amount of crap. However, that knowledge couldn't remotely prepare me for the pile of excrement that is this movie.
It was nauseating!
Unoriginal plot, badly executed story and brain cell killin' script aside, it's the overall obnoxiously smutty atmosphere that is the most offputting aspect of this mess.
Successful morphosis of "American Pie" and "Risky Business" was obviously the goal here (it even says so on the DVD box), but, boy, did they miss the target. As dopey as those flicks are, they pretty well seem like masterpieces in comparison to "The Girl Next Door". They at least dealt with sex and innuendo in a cheerful manner, whereas here everything is so sleazy and devoid of any fun.
Avoid at all costs.
PS: Elisha Cuthbert, the chick playing the title role, became semi-known on a Canadian show 'Popular Mechanics for Kids' where she played a smart goody-two-shoes with all the answers, but in taking this role she became a victim of some terrible career advice.
Perhaps the thinking was that she's certainly hot enough physically to join the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Hillary Duff, Olson twins and other Hollywood jail baits being worshiped by teenyboppers and middle-aged pervs the world over - and no quarrel there - however, instead of being catapulted into their echelon she will, likely forever, be banished down to the Elizabeth Berkley territory. Releasing a home-made sex tape would've probably done about the same amount of damage to her long term Hollywood career as this squalid stinker likely will.
It was nauseating!
Unoriginal plot, badly executed story and brain cell killin' script aside, it's the overall obnoxiously smutty atmosphere that is the most offputting aspect of this mess.
Successful morphosis of "American Pie" and "Risky Business" was obviously the goal here (it even says so on the DVD box), but, boy, did they miss the target. As dopey as those flicks are, they pretty well seem like masterpieces in comparison to "The Girl Next Door". They at least dealt with sex and innuendo in a cheerful manner, whereas here everything is so sleazy and devoid of any fun.
Avoid at all costs.
PS: Elisha Cuthbert, the chick playing the title role, became semi-known on a Canadian show 'Popular Mechanics for Kids' where she played a smart goody-two-shoes with all the answers, but in taking this role she became a victim of some terrible career advice.
Perhaps the thinking was that she's certainly hot enough physically to join the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Hillary Duff, Olson twins and other Hollywood jail baits being worshiped by teenyboppers and middle-aged pervs the world over - and no quarrel there - however, instead of being catapulted into their echelon she will, likely forever, be banished down to the Elizabeth Berkley territory. Releasing a home-made sex tape would've probably done about the same amount of damage to her long term Hollywood career as this squalid stinker likely will.