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When a handsome, charming teenager named Noah (Ryan Guzman) moves in next door, newly separated high-school teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) encourages his friendship and engages in a little bit of harmless -- or so she thinks -- flirtation. Although Noah spends much of the time hanging out with Claire's son, the teen's attraction to her is palpable. One night, Claire gives in to temptation and lets Noah seduce her -- but when she tries to end the relationship, he turns violent.

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The Boy Next Door may get a few howls out of fans of stalker thrillers, but for most viewers, it won't even rise to "so bad it's good" status.

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The Boy Next Door (2015) | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Solidly MOR fare that should be propping up Channel 5's Friday night schedule sometime very soon. Rated: 2/5 Mar 1, 2015 Full Review The Boy Next Door (2015) | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) Rob Cohen's half-baked erotic thriller plays like a misguided homage to Eighties video fare and to family-in-peril sagas like Unlawful Entry or Cape Fear. Rated: 2/5 Feb 26, 2015 Full Review The Boy Next Door (2015) | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Wendy Ide Times (UK) One of the stupidest films ever made. Rated: 1/5 Feb 26, 2015 Full Review The Boy Next Door (2015) | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ...an absurdly melodramatic film that has very little going for it but Lopez, who manages to make it watchable as a happy centre to a rather miserable story.. Rated: 2/5 Feb 24, 2024 Full Review The Boy Next Door (2015) | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies “The Boy Next Door” is too unconsciously goofy to be taken seriously and it takes itself too seriously to be good campy fun. Rated: 1.5/5 Aug 19, 2022 Full Review The Boy Next Door (2015) | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Cate Young Thirty, Flirty + Film There's enough of a so-bad-it's-good quality to make the film fun, and it's immensely delightful to make fun of. Nov 6, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Drew B Again, I'm not a movie snob. I like what I like. This movie was sexy & I enjoyed it. File it under guilty pleasure movies. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/10/25 Full Review Marvin P This movie was downright awful and that's putting it mildly. Predictable story line with the old "you think he's a good guy" turns bad guy. The only good thing to say about this movie is how good J Lo looks. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/02/24 Full Review N K Why does Jennifer Lopez make movies. She is a TERRIBLE actress. All the camera does is focus on her to show her looks. She's the mom next door with lots of eye shadow on in revealing shirts & the camera person takes shots of her chest. The timing of her acting - omg - so so bad. Don't waste your time. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Mel L J Lo looks hot in this movie but that's about it. The entire plot is terrible and unbelievable. And then it just ends really weird. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/16/24 Full Review Steven James R Great ThrillerI Knew The Movie From Start To Finish When I Watched The Movie On It's First Release Day In Theatrical Cinemas Around The UK, Almost As Though I Was In The Movie At The Time. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/14/24 Full Review Lynn A Awful. Some soft core porn, yes. But unless one enjoys that, not worth watching, although I did. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/03/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rob Cohen Director Jennifer Lopez Claire Peterson Ryan Guzman Noah Sandborn John Corbett Garrett Peterson Kristin Chenoweth Vicky Lansing Ian Nelson Kevin Peterson
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Synopsis When a handsome, charming teenager named Noah (Ryan Guzman) moves in next door, newly separated high-school teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) encourages his friendship and engages in a little bit of harmless -- or so she thinks -- flirtation. Although Noah spends much of the time hanging out with Claire's son, the teen's attraction to her is palpable. One night, Claire gives in to temptation and lets Noah seduce her -- but when she tries to end the relationship, he turns violent.

Director
Rob Cohen

Producer
Jason Blum, John Jacobs, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Benny Medina, Jennifer Lopez

Screenwriter
Barbara Curry

Distributor
Universal Pictures

Production Co
Smart Entertainment, Blumhouse, The Medina Company, Nuyorican Productions

Rating
R (Sexual Content/Nudity|Language|Violence)

Genre
Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 23, 2015, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 26, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)
$35.4M

Runtime
1h 30m

Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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