 The Girl Next Door has certainly produced wildly mixed reaction by the nation's film critics, mostly, it would seem, over its plot -- about an overachieving high school student who falls for the new girl in town, a porn actress. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times, for example remarks: "This is a dishonest, quease-inducing "comedy" that had me feeling uneasy and then unclean. Who in the world read this script and thought it was acceptable?" On the other hand, Jami Bernard in the New York Daily News, writes: "Once in a very long while, a truly memorable romantic teen comedy comes along. The Girl Next Door is one. This funny, surprising gem joins the ranks of Risky Business and Say Anything, comedies with heart and charisma." |
