That was an excellent one.

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

I wouldn't consider the Jennifer Lopez character in this movie to be flawed, just more or less vulnerable. The younger guy who moved in next door to her was charming enough at first, but he became progressively and unbelievably twisted as the film moved along.I need to note here that Jennifer is way too beautiful for the "age difference" to even be noticeable. Besides, the connection was clear between the two leads. In fact, everyone gelled well together to make this cautionary tale work on the big screen.This movie should serve two lessons: people aren't always who they appear to be...and everyone makes mistakes.

THE BOY NEXT DOOR is a very predictable example of the psycho-thriller genre with worse and more generic scripting than something like DISTURBIA. It suffers hugely from having Jennifer Lopez as the miscast lead, because she fails to invest her character with any particular personality or wit, and she's entirely unsympathetic to boot. There were only two scenes in the whole film I liked, and the blind date is one of them, but the rest is just ho-hum. As the story's antagonist, Ryan Guzman is laughably out of his depth and entirely unimposing, as well as qualifying for one of the oldest supposed teenagers I've ever seen. The story plays out slowly and predictability, nothing that hasn't been done before, and only picking up in the last ten minutes for a cliched but amusingly violent showdown.

This movie could've been a whole lot more enjoyable than it turned out to be.I don't know if I should give it a 4 or a 5.Negatives:Badly edited. Ryan Guzman is, again, not too great an actor. Movie is incredibly predictable. Ian Nelson's character constantly keeps swaying at a drop of a hat. Movie provides no closure. Non whatsoever.Positives:Jennifer Lopez is still as gorgeous as ever. Movie somehow managed to avoid a shower scene. Not too bad a job, off a 4 Million Dollar budget.Conclusion: 4.9/10. It's nothing we haven't seen before, but, I personally enjoy Jennifer Lopez's performances for what they are, and honestly, given the budget, perhaps this movie could've also been worse. Also, if Noah wasn't the crazy boy he was before he moved in next door, I'd certainly understand if he suddenly became one, after that rainy, and stormy night.

This movie was interesting and had a lot of potential, but it did not deliver a powerful experience as it should have.It started as a typical crush over a single parent. In this case it was Claire Peterson, played by Jennifer Lopez, as the single mother. She was going through a divorce, but it was not official yet. Her neighbor lover Noah, played by Ryan Guzman, had just moved in next door and he could not take his eyes off of Claire. Noah used his charm and looks to take advantage of Claire when she was vulnerable. But quickly after the two had sex, Noah was the one that went obsessive crazy over Claire.His obsession had him do some irrational things, but it was not anything to extreme. He recorded the two of them without her knowing. He printed numerous copies of photos of the two of them naked and decorated Claire's class room with them. Noah would also stalk her. He manipulated her son to trust him over her.He even kills one of Claire's friends and kidnaps her husband and son.This really could have been much more suspenseful than what it was. It would have made the movie much more entertaining instead of playing it safe as it did. Everything that happened in this movie is in any other type of obsession story. There really was not any risk taken in the production of this.