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Jennifer Lopez leads the cast in The Boy Next Door, a psychological thriller that explores a forbidden attraction that goes much too far. Directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) and written by Barbara Curry, the film also stars Ryan Guzman, John Corbett and Kristin Chenoweth. (C) Universal
The Boy Next Door
Claire knows a thing or two about mistakes. Her philandering hubby made one—repeatedly—with a San Francisco treat. Sure, Garrett says he's sorry, and he should be. But in the realm of mistakes, that's a pretty big 'un, so Claire punts his cheating heart to the curb for a bit while she ponders whether she made a mistake by marrying the guy.
It's a vulnerable time for Claire, who already had plenty to worry about. The school year's just around the corner, and Claire—a high school lit teacher—has to figure out a way to get her pupils jazzed about The Iliad. Her high school-age son, Kevin, is occasionally bullied. Oh, and she has a new, handsome, highly distracting neighbor.
Noah seems nice enough at first. He's moved in to help Claire's aged neighbor, Mr. Sandborn, through a bone marrow transplant. The young man has a deep respect for classic literature, too—a feather in his Elizabethan cap, as far as Claire's concerned. And he hasn't been in the neighborhood more than five minutes before he and Kevin are the best of friends. Does it matter that Noah's nearly 20 (and still finishing high school) while Kevin's face is still looking for its first date with a razor? Of course not. We must not be petty, and Claire's just happy that Kevin's found a chum.
But while Noah might like Kevin, he has a much different sort of affection for Claire. He dreamily runs his eyes across her body. He tells her how sexy she is in their stolen moments together. He's hot for teacher, and he wants her to know it.
Claire knows any sort of interlude with Noah would be wrong on every conceivable level. She's still married, after all. And having sex with a high school student, even if he is nearly 20, is almost guaranteed to get you a mention on Fox News … and fired. But Noah, what with his Narcissus eyes and superhero abs, can be quite persuasive. And one night over a botched chicken dinner, the hunky guy goes to work.
"No judgments," he says as he kisses her. "No rules. Just us."
Everyone makes mistakes. But some mistakes are bigger than others. Especially when you make one with a pretty but seriously psychopathic neighbor.
It's a vulnerable time for Claire, who already had plenty to worry about. The school year's just around the corner, and Claire—a high school lit teacher—has to figure out a way to get her pupils jazzed about The Iliad. Her high school-age son, Kevin, is occasionally bullied. Oh, and she has a new, handsome, highly distracting neighbor.
Noah seems nice enough at first. He's moved in to help Claire's aged neighbor, Mr. Sandborn, through a bone marrow transplant. The young man has a deep respect for classic literature, too—a feather in his Elizabethan cap, as far as Claire's concerned. And he hasn't been in the neighborhood more than five minutes before he and Kevin are the best of friends. Does it matter that Noah's nearly 20 (and still finishing high school) while Kevin's face is still looking for its first date with a razor? Of course not. We must not be petty, and Claire's just happy that Kevin's found a chum.
But while Noah might like Kevin, he has a much different sort of affection for Claire. He dreamily runs his eyes across her body. He tells her how sexy she is in their stolen moments together. He's hot for teacher, and he wants her to know it.
Claire knows any sort of interlude with Noah would be wrong on every conceivable level. She's still married, after all. And having sex with a high school student, even if he is nearly 20, is almost guaranteed to get you a mention on Fox News … and fired. But Noah, what with his Narcissus eyes and superhero abs, can be quite persuasive. And one night over a botched chicken dinner, the hunky guy goes to work.
"No judgments," he says as he kisses her. "No rules. Just us."
Everyone makes mistakes. But some mistakes are bigger than others. Especially when you make one with a pretty but seriously psychopathic neighbor.
Positive Elements
At least Claire feels horrible about her big mistake immediately thereafter and tries hard to get her priorities back on track. And what are those? Her son, first of all. She loves him and wants the best for him. She has a lingering love for her wayward husband, too. And she and Garrett actually do work toward trying to fix whatever went wrong with their marriage.
Noah's clearly 98% bad. But that other 2% prompts him to boost Kevin's confidence and defend the younger guy when he's bullied. (He does it by almost killing the kid's attacker, but we'll put off that subject till later.) He even saves Kevin's life. (A gesture somewhat mitigated, of course, by the fact that he tries to kill him later.)
Noah's clearly 98% bad. But that other 2% prompts him to boost Kevin's confidence and defend the younger guy when he's bullied. (He does it by almost killing the kid's attacker, but we'll put off that subject till later.) He even saves Kevin's life. (A gesture somewhat mitigated, of course, by the fact that he tries to kill him later.)
Sexual Content
No definitely doesn't mean no for Claire. She tells Noah no a whole bunch of times as they commence their encounter, but he doesn't stop, and she doesn't really seem to want him to. What follows is an intensely sensual and erotic onscreen sex scene. He strips off her clothes, groping and fondling her pretty much everywhere. Only his hands hide parts of her breasts from the camera's view, and it's implied he gives her oral sex. Unbeknownst to Claire, Noah records their sexual session and later prints hundreds of pictures of them (some of which we see). He's taken other clandestine photos (and video) of her as well, eventually using them to blackmail her.
Noah has sex with someone else, too, and we see them fully nude (her from the front, waist up, him from the side). It's clear that she performs oral sex on him. We see Claire kissing and getting hot and heavy with her estranged husband at one point.
Claire spies on Noah from her window, ogling the guy as he undresses. We see his bare backside, see her walking around in skimpy nightgowns, etc. A man leers at a waitress's cleavage. Another ogles a woman as she lifts her skirt. Raunchy double entendres and sexual allusions are thrown around. "Advice" is given about oral sex. Crude references are made to infidelity, and there's talk of erectile dysfunction.
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