Playing the title role of The Boy Next Door is Ryan Guzman and he's attracted Jennifer Lopez's attention. Jen's looking for attention herself since she tossed out her cheating husband John Corbett and Guzman is quite the hunk. In a moment of weakness she gives in and when she tries to tell him it was all a mistake Guzman goes psychotic on her. He also begins moving in on her life becoming an older mentor to her son Ian Savage. He even enrolls in her high school saying he's a transfer student who missed a couple of years. All lies because Guzman is now fixated on her.

Curiously enough a couple of weeks ago I saw the film The Idol which had another Jennifer named Jones in the starring role. I think those who created The Boy Next Door must have seen this film because that is also about a woman separated from her husband who gets seduced by a young man who also befriended her son. It was not one of Jennifer Jones's best films, but it's Citizen Kane next to this one.

Anyway, J.Lo is hot and so is Guzman. That might be reason enough to watch The Boy Next Door. Lopez couldn't take her eyes off him.

High school teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) throws her cheating husband Garrett (John Corbett) out. Their son Kevin (Ian Nelson) isn't happy. Nine months later, Claire is uncertain about a divorce and Garrett is trying to squeeze his way back into the family. Next door neighbor has his orphan nephew Noah Sandborn (Ryan Guzman) staying with him. Noah becomes Kevin's mentor and his only friend.

Everything is wrong. It's way too overwrought and really bad movie-making. Guzman is too old to play a teenager and is too outwardly insane. He nearly kills a guy and only gets expelled. The cops are nowhere in sight. It's too much. The son is almost as badly written. His changes are way too abrupt. This is a bad exploitation movie. I actually think Jennifer Lopez is not the right actress for this role. It would be more compelling if Claire is a more plain looking woman. This movie is full of eye-rolling moments.

The name gives me an idea of a college adult comedy thing, however, when looked into the genre it said Thriller. I was wondering how could a boy next door with school and college teens be a thriller so was kind of curious to know. There wasn't much in the first 30 minutes but an unkind man whose character later takes the arc, cheating a lovely, most amazing woman, however, the woman, not willingly but engages in a sexual act with the boy next door. What happens next is the story, what happens next is a mind boggling thriller, a gripping one, could turn you on. Few mistakes, silly moments in the middle after that however, the conflict remaining brutal and the antagonist not letting it any easy for the protagonist. A lesson it could be for the women how to deal with such brutal men and get out of it. I must say that guy was the most horrific person, I'd watched in about a year. The movie is good, the violence is too horrific since the antagonist here is the most brutal man, however, tells the story about the beautiful woman cunningly and her wonderful family.