The Girl Next Door 2004

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The Girl Next Door ★★ 2004 (R)

Porn goddess Danielle (Cuthbert) moves to suburbia to taunt and tease nerdy teen next door, Matt (Hirsch). The two meet cute and a “Risky Business” redo ensues: Matt hooks up with Danielle, to the delight of his two geeky friends (Marquette and Dano), who inform Matt of the illicit past Danielle is trying to leave behind. That past includes former producer Olyphant, who shows up to woo Danielle back to “the life” while schooling the studious Matt in the ways of the world. He must then juggle a trip to a Vegas porn convention and work on a speech on morality to win a scholarship to Georgetown. Though Cuthbert and Hirsch are attractive and have decent chemistry, it's Olyphant that scores with an above average comedic performance in this otherwise uninspired genre fare. 108m/C DVD . US Elisha Cuthbert, Emile Hirsch, Timothy Olyphant, James Remar, Christopher Marquette, Paul Franklin Dano, Timothy Bottoms, Donna Bullock, Amanda Swisten, Jacob Young, Brian Kolodziej; D: Luke Greenfield; W: David T. Wagner, Brent Goldberg, Stuart Blumberg; C: Jamie Anderson; M: Paul Haslinger.

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