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The Boy Next Door

A Moment She Couldn't Resist. An Obsession He Can't Control.

2015 · 1h 31m · R Thriller
Directed by Rob Cohen

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Overview

A recently cheated on married woman falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.

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Jennifer Lopez has serious beefcake issues in this lazy, low-budget, not-as-much-fun-as-it-should-be potboiler.

Tom Huddleston, Time Out
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I haven't seen a bigger mess in wide release since Dana Carvey's career-terminating The Master of Disguise.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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There are many grades of terrible in Hollywood, and this is pretty nearly the worst.

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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It's badly directed, poorly edited, and features some of the most unconvincing acting this side of a soup commercial.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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You always have to wonder why anybody says yes to a project like this one, but it's a particularly strange choice on Lopez's part, since she's done her best work in movies that dare to empower her.

Alex Pappademas, Grantland

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