The Boy Next Door review abundantly silly erotic thriller with Jennifer Lopez | Drama films
Drama films This article is more than 9 years oldReviewThe Boy Next Door review – abundantly silly erotic thriller with Jennifer Lopez
This article is more than 9 years oldLike a daytime TV movie but a bit glossier and a bit ruder, this erotic thriller throwback is deeply ludicrous – but may certainly be enjoyed on that basisThe success of Fifty Shades may mean we’re in for a spate of 90s-throwback erotic thrillers, this time flogging female desire. Few will be as abundantly silly as this one, in which Jennifer Lopez’s married schoolmarm learns that the gym bunny she’s strayed with is a possessive homewrecker who knows how to cut brake cables – so, you know, ladies: beware. It’s one of those innately conservative Channel 5 matinee movies with glossier production and more shots of its leading man’s sixpack, but the inevitable sass-along screenings will be a scream, and it may be your first and last opportunity to see J-Lo parsing the Iliad.
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