The Boy Next Door (2015)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Absolutely brilliant

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

The Boy Next Door (2015) I thought this movie had a very questionable story also predictable, i have seen many movies with the same story so when your watching it you kind of know whats coming, don't get me wrong still a good movie that gets you on edge throughout.

Totally a formula movie. We have seen the plot a dozen times with a mentally deranged person who is obsessed with another person, works their way into the life of that person and becomes dangerously deranged. Similar plot to films like Fatal Attraction, The Babysitter, The Stepfather and dozens of other films on the Lifetime Network. What really amazes me is that well known stars will actually accept rolls in films like this. Do they need the money that badly? Maybe with American Idol ending, Jennifer Lopez felt she would need a little cash to hold her over to the next gig. Bad acting, bad writing, bad character development, bad plot. The best part was the end and the worst part was that it did not come soon enough.

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.

I'm not usually someone who goes for thriller style films and I may never watch one again after this. Please don't watch this. Choose another decent thriller or watch Fatal Attraction again for a decent version of what this is attempting to be.It started well albeit predictably. And I generally like Jennifer Lopez & Kristen Chenoweth so thought I was in safe hands. But as others say, the lad next door goes from being understandably appealing to a near-divorcée, to a complete and utter maniac in a matter of seconds. He claims he loves her and then does a set of weird things to upset, damage her career, kill her husband and son and so it gets crazier until the final scene which is just plain silly. Her response from the beginning considering he is 19 and therefore over the age of consent is downright ridiculous. Of course, she must be careful being an older woman but all she had to do was pick up the phone and report her worries to the police. I guess that would have been a pretty boring and short film though. Still better than what it became.I'm actually still trying to get the moment where she finally stops him out of my head which is pretty annoying when that part of my memory could be used for something so much better.