Girl Next Door

September 5, 2004

You know, maybe Linus talked this one up a bit much, because Girl Next Door‘s not really that good. It’s got charming leads and a spectacular turn by Tim Olyphant as a menacing porno-pimp, but there’s something along the lines of 20 endings, including one about a really annoying Cambodian exchange student, which make the last half hour completely miserable.

Other random things that came to mind during the viewing:

Why do porn actresses need saving anyway? This movie has a surprisingly narrow and naive worldview.

There’s a documentary called Girl Next Door about a housewife becoming a famous pornstar. That may have been better.

Repeating “What’s the craziest thing you’ve done lately?” and “The juice is worth the squeeze” five times rob them of any significance they may have (if any).

The music choices have no rhyme or reason to them at all, other than the director thinking the songs were good.

If I were a pornstar, my name would almost certainly be Bangkok Dangerous.

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