The Girl Next Door had the gross misfortune to be released at the height of America’s religious fervor back in 2004. The Passion of the Christ was the biggest movie in the world and covering up Janet Jackson’s nipples was our new obsession. So it’s no surprise that a no holds barred teen raunch-comedy would slip out of theaters with barely a notice. That doesn’t make it right. Sure The Girl Next Door is down with nudity and sex as entertainment and sure a lot of it takes place at a porn convention. But Emile Hirsch plays the lead and makes it something special beyond that, with a character that it becomes impossible not to identify with while whatever crazy hijinks ensue. It’s legitimately hilarious and beneath the movie’s tits and ass veneer is a movie that John Hughes would have been proud to call his own back in 1984. Timothy Olyphaunt steals scenes as a porn king and the movie’s soundtrack kicks ass. Even now it seems like somewhere along the way there should be some sort of cult audience for a movie like this. Maybe it’ll find it yet.OSHIT YOU GUYS THIS MOVIE IS SO GOOD. Underrated is right! I remember the trailers making me think it was totally superficial, all ass and no class, like, “OMG AWESOME MY GIRLFRIEND’S A PORN STAR.” Instead, it’s more “Oh God, this nice girl I’m interested in has sex with other guys as her job.” It’s actually got a substantial amount of depth and I highly recommend it, it is very, very John Hughes.
(via)— found from synecdoche
IT’S SOOOOOOO GOOD. I think I have it saved on my computer somewhere…
