The Boy Next Door Movie
The Boy Next Door is a 2015 American erotic thriller film
directed by Rob Cohen and written by Barbara Curry. The film stars Jennifer
Lopez, Ryan Guzman, and Ian Nelson, with John Corbett and Kristin Chenoweth
playing supporting roles. Lopez plays a high school teacher named Claire who,
in the midst of being separated from her husband (Corbett), has a one-night
stand with a younger neighbor (Guzman), who develops a dangerous obsession with
her.
Barbara Curry, a former criminal lawyer, wrote the
screenplay for the film inspired from her life's experiences. Blumhouse
Productions financed and produced the film, which was filmed for 23 days in Los
Angeles and other locations in California at the end of 2013. The film was
released on January 23, 2015 by Universal Pictures. It received generally
negative reviews from film critics, but was a box office success, grossing over
thirteen times its budget since being released. It was released on Blu-ray and
DVD on April 28, 2015.
Directed by Rob Cohen
Produced by Jason
Blum,John Jacobs,Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas,Benny Medina,Jennifer Lopez
Written by Barbara
Curry
Starring Jennifer
Lopez,Ryan Guzman,John Corbett,Ian Nelson
Kristin
Chenoweth
Music by Randy
Edelman,Nathan Barr,Cinematography Dave
McFarland
Edited by Michel
Aller
Production
companies,Blumhouse
Productions,Smart Entertainment, Nuyorican Productions
Distributed by Universal
Pictures
Release dates January 23,
2015 (United States)
Running time 90 minutes
Country United
States
Language English
Budget $4
million
Box office $52.4
million
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Story of
Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) separates from her
husband Garrett (John Corbett), after he was caught cheating with his
secretary. Her colleague and best friend Vicky Lansing (Kristin Chenoweth)
urges Claire to divorce. Claire meets 19-year-old Noah Sandborn (Ryan
Guzman)–the orphaned nephew of her wheelchair-bound neighbor–who has just moved
in next door. Noah befriends Kevin (Ian Nelson), Claire's teenage son, and
begins attending his school, where Claire teaches English literature. Noah is
drawn to Claire, expressing love for Homer's Iliad. With Kevin and Garrett away
on a fishing trip, Claire watches a naked Noah in his room through her window.
Claire goes on a miserable double date with Vicky and her
boyfriend Ethan (Travis Schuldt), and his ill-mannered friend Benny (Bailey
Chase). With Kevin still away, Noah calls Claire over to help him cook. She
ends up having dinner with him, during which he unashamedly flirts with her.
Despite Claire's hesitation, she lets Noah seduce her and they have sex. Claire
tells Noah that she regrets their night together, causing him to punch a wall
in rage. The school year begins, with Noah joining an uncomfortable Claire's
class after hacking into her computer, making it appear as if she had requested
this. Noah manipulates Kevin into hating his father, causing him to lash out at
Garrett. Later, Kevin overexerts himself at the gymnasium and goes into shock;
Noah saves his life by injecting him with Kevin's EpiPen. Claire receives
flowers from Noah, and she confronts him about this. Noah witnesses Claire on a
date with Garrett, and his obsession with her escalates.
After an incident where Noah—in defense of Kevin—slams a
bully's (Adam Hicks) head into a locker repeatedly, Vicky (who is vice
principal at the school) discovers that Noah was kicked out of his previous
school for disorderly conduct. After an encounter where Noah insults her, she
expels him. During the fall fling, Claire goes to investigate a leak in the
boy's bathroom, where she instead sees the words "I fucked Claire
Peterson" written on the wall before Noah emerges. He attempts to force
himself on her, but she fends him off and demands that he stay away from her
and Kevin. The following day, Noah leaves a printer running in Claire's
classroom, with images of them sleeping together scattered everywhere. When
Garrett's car brakes fail to work, he and Kevin are nearly involved in an
accident. Noah blackmails Claire; telling her that he has a tape of them making
love, which he will relinquish to her if she continues sleeping with him. She
refuses, and organizes a plot with Vicky to steer Noah away from his house.
Claire breaks into Noah's house and sees hundreds of images of herself in his
basement. She finds his laptop, deleting their sex tape, and also sees images
of car brakes, implying that he rigged Garrett's brakes. She meets with
Detective Chou (François Chau), who informs her that Noah's father was killed
after swerving into a truck with his minivan.
Noah binds and gags Vicky with duct tape and uses an
audio recording of her voice to lure Claire to her house. When Claire arrives,
she discovers Vicky's dead body, with her throat having been slashed by Noah. A
horrified Claire contacts the police, but runs into Noah again. He reveals to
her that his mother killed herself after his father cheated on her, so he
rigged the brakes of his father's minivan, killing him and his mistress. Noah
takes Claire to a barn house where he has kidnapped Garrett and Kevin,
threatening to kill them unless Claire stays with him. A violent altercation
occurs as Claire attempts to free them. Noah pours kerosene around the barn,
causing it to ignite in flames. Garrett, having freed himself, attempts to
choke Noah with a rope, prompting Noah to shoot him in the chest. Claire stabs
Noah's eye with Kevin's EpiPen. When he later holds Kevin at gunpoint, she
pulls a switch that drops an engine on Noah, killing him. Claire and Kevin then
help a wounded Garrett exit the burning barn house as the police arrive.
Garrett is put in an ambulance. A paramedic says that Garrett will be fine.
Claire and Kevin ride in the ambulance with him.
Cast by
Jennifer Lopez as Claire Peterson
Ryan Guzman as Noah Sandborn
Ian Nelson as Kevin Peterson
John Corbett as Garrett Peterson
Kristin
Chenoweth as Vicky Lansing
Lexi Atkins as Allie Callahan
Hill Harper as Principal Edward Warren
Travis Schuldt as Ethan
Brian Mahoney as Cooper
Adam Hicks as Jason Zimmer
François Chau as Detective Johnny Chou
Bailey Chase as Benny
