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Actors: Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Girl Next Door
In this comedy a teenager has never really lived life. That all changes when he meets the girl next door. They begin to fall in love, but that changes when he discovers that she is a porn star. He then tries to stop her from doing her job, but finds that harder than he thought.
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Analysis of The Girl Next Door
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - present (2000-2010)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - general coming of age story
Job/Profession/Poverty Story? Yes
Job: - stripper/porno maker
Age group - trouble in high school
Sexing? - first sexual experience

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type - (woman) average
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - producer/director
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles - Las Vegas
Misc setting - school

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - kissing - lesbians! - seeing breasts - seeing nude female butt - seeing nude male butt
Any profanity? - Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Modern rock/pop
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