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Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune: Well matched with Cuthbert's nicely vulnerable performance, [Hirsch and Cuthbert] create a believable relationship on screen, despite the contrived nerd-meets-sexpot circumstances. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: It appears to not only be made for hormone-crazed adolescents, but by them. Read more
David Edelstein, Slate: Emile Hirsch has the perfect stricken alertness, and Greenfield has a marvelous joker up his sleeve in Timothy Olyphant as Kelly, Danielle's quasi-pimp. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Risky Business, while cynical and salacious, also had style, charm and heart. The Girl Next Door is just nasty, loud and empty. Read more
Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Sexy, silly, sappy and often just plain likeable. Read more
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: The whole thing is cheerfully engaging, thanks to inspired direction by Luke Greenfield. Read more
Janice Page, Boston Globe: Seems mainly about ripping off 1983's Risky Business without attribution. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: What is disturbing and frankly distasteful about The Girl Next Door is how slick and shameless it is in its eagerness to blur boundaries, to squeeze as much transgressive material as it can into a nominally bland and innocent form. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Cuthbert provides a great deal of heart to this alternately lewd and chaste lark. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Contrived from the start but gets better as it goes along. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: At this stage in Hollywood history, any teen movie that doesn't involve flying body fluids deserves some kind of commendation. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: The plot is carelessly cobbled from dozens of previous teen flicks, with needless episodes added as space fillers. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: We're a world away here from the crass (if not unenjoyable) slapstick antics of the American Pie series and closer to a sensitivity and nostalgia for all things awkwardly adolescent reminiscent of Cameron Crowe. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: The whole movie is a fantasy, of course, but one that seems determined from the start to undermine our suspension of disbelief. Read more
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: The picture feels fresh and audacious thanks to its smart script and sassy cast. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: This funny, surprising gem joins the ranks of Risky Business and Say Anything. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: A lumpy blend of sweet teen romance and naughty, R-rated prurience, this comedy follows the improbable relationship between a high school senior and a former porn star. Read more
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: The film is like a hooker dressed up as a lady: It wants to pretend it has class. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Unlike American Pie, it does not rely upon bawdy antics and bodily fluids. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This is a dishonest, quease-inducing 'comedy' that had me feeling uneasy and then unclean. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: The American male hypocrisy toward sexually active women in general -- and porn in particular -- is at the center of the new comedy The Girl Next Door. Unfortunately, instead of being the movie's target, it's the subtext. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The movie captures, on the most basic level of tone and attitude, what it feels like to be a teenager, a teenage boy in particular. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: While not by any reasonable standard a great movie ... The Girl Next Door is a totally tasty one, a surprise treat concocted from only the most familiar mass-market ingredients. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: If you think the idea of taking a porn star to your prom is funny (and I plead guilty), here's your movie. Read more
Joe Leydon, Variety: Plays like a late-night channel-surf through soft-core sitcoms, American Pie wannabes and '80s Brat Pack romances. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: Of course, once Danielle has awakened Matthew's inner party animal, the girl next door becomes a mere bystander to her neighbor's various wacky rescue ops. Read more