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Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

XviewerX This film is excellently put together. It's very strong and really captures the audience emotionally, they will feel as disturbed as the protagonist David is, seeing this innocent girl Meg get tortured worse and worse overtime. It's powerful, and delivers an amazingly horrific experience for viewers.The film generally gets hate for the disturbing torture scenes, but the worst bits are not shown on-screen directly, and these scenes are by no means poorly made at all, just intentionally disturbing. It just means the film is not for you if you hate it because of these scenes.People also hate how David took too long to really start reporting what is happening to Meg. But remember; it was after Meg reported to the police and Ruth and the boys found out that they then really started to torture her. David wouldn't want the same to happen to him. Also remember that Ruth was generally viewed as a normal loving woman among the adults who did not know what was really happening, and remember that David was probably paralyzed in fear from what he has been seeing. So I didn't find David hatable at all, and as intended it was Ruth who I was hating.The acting was also amazing. The only thing I didn't like was how long this film was. I feel like it could have reduced by a good 30 minutes or so, some of the torture scenes in the middle honestly didn't really need to be there and some parts in the beginning and middle were a bit on the boring side and could be cut out. And honestly, how David won in the end was a bit anti-climatic and surprisingly easy, but it was satisfying seeing Ruth get justice at least.If you can handle the disturbing content, I would give this a shot.

Adam G. The Girl Next Door explores the horrors of extreme mental, physical, psychological and sexual child abuse in a way I've never seen before.This movie is absolutely chilling. It rattled me, and I'm not the easily rattle-able type.If you do have the stomach for it, I would definitely recommend giving this one a watch. It gets hard to watch in some scenes, but overall it's a good movie for it's subject matter. Fair warning, it is the kind of movie that you will only want to watch once.This movie stuck with me for days after I watched it, and it will stick with you too.

jtindahouse There are films out there like 'Saw' or 'Hostel' which set out to do little more than completely unease their audience. Strangely enough though, it is often films like 'The Girl Next Door' which actually achieve this to a greater extent, for the simple reason that they are more grounded and thus more realistic and plausible to those watching. Make no mistake, 'The Girl Next Door' is a very powerful film. It goes a lot further than I suspected it would simply from reading the synopsis. Also, the fact that I didn't know going in that this was a true story, and yet strongly suspected as much while watching (and turned out to be correct) also heavily implies this is a very well made and crafty film.Due to its power, this will not be a film for everybody to enjoy. I'm very experienced with these types of films, and I still found it a very tough watch at times. Considering the cast is mainly child actors (which can often be a bugbear of mine) I thought they performed very well. I can't think of a single member of the cast who gave a weak performance. This also very much helped to achieve what the film ultimately ended up being. I was very much impressed with 'The Girl Next Door' and if you think you have the stomach to handle watching it, I would recommend doing so.

jcvamp This film frustrated me. You've got a boy who watches the abuse happening and doesn't protest, yet he obviously knows it's wrong. He's not put in a situation where he's threatened, so I don't see why he wouldn't say something to somebody. It doesn't make sense.I don't know if that qualifies as a spoiler, so I've marked it as one in case.