Next Door Reviews

2005

Rated:
50
from 1126 members

Fueled by icy sexuality and raw violence, Next Door is a chilling and provocative thriller with a mind-bending twist. Newly single, John befriends the two women living in the cluttered labyrinth of an apartment next door. This neighbourly spirit leads to a bizarre seduction, culminating with a blow to the jaw that dredges up .. Read more

Starring	Kristoffer Joner, Julia Schacht, Anna Bache-Wiig, Michael Nyqvist
Director	Pal Sletaune
Genres	Gay/Lesbian, Horror, Thriller

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27 out of 32 people found this review helpful

[Highly rated reviewer]

Avoid

This movie was so rubbish, i was glad that it didn't last long. It is a bit of a mystery that all falls into place at the end but there is not much to the film. There is nothing sexy about this film unless you like seeing people giving each other nose bleeds whilst they are having sex.
- - bella411
  - Posted 06 Jan 2008 14:33
16 out of 22 people found this review helpful

Well made but derivative plot

This is a very stylish Norwegian entry into the much cluttered thriller-with-a-twist genre. The first 30-40 minutes are absorbing and intriguing - something that Michael Haneke fans would lap up in large scoops. Then a few very unsubtle hints give the whole plot away and therein is a fault in the Director's lack of respect for his audience, something normally associated with Hollywood.

Hopefully you haven't seen a film like it, or the plot isn't as transparent as it was for me - in which case this would easily be a 4-star contender. I just feel that a few more red-herrings and less clues so early on would have greatly benefitted a larger viewing public.

This gripe aside, the Direction is very assured and the acting (especially the lead male) very convincing, and all-in-all, a movie that I would have liked to give 4 stars to.
- - Trakbuv from Sheffield, England
  - Posted 14 Mar 2007 01:39
12 out of 12 people found this review helpful

[Highly rated reviewer]

Give it a go

This was not my type of film but my husband thoroughly enjoyed. It's about a man who becomes friendly with his neighbours.
- - TJ from Cramlington
  - Posted 08 Feb 2008 14:16
Most recent members' reviews (2) of Next Door
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Good up to a point

I have to agree with many of the reviews. This s stylish, reasonably tense movie that for about the first hour leaves you intrigued and absorbed. It's a pleasure to see a director working with a small cast who give solid performances and doesn't get lost excessive obfuscation. Unfortunately the denouement is extremely disappointing. The writer just seems to have totally run out of ideas. Nevertheless, it is worth watching for the atmospheric build up, and you suspect the director capable of good things. You just need forgive all involved for the ending.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 28 Oct 2008 13:38
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

[Highly rated reviewer]

Next Door

Yea,well.... a word of warning to all those who sit and open a bottle of wine for a night home at 70 mins long you'll just get one or two down. Too short to be a film. However it is a really cracking story that Hitchcock would have taken longer to tell, rightly or wrongly. It's story line it cannot be faulted on and it got 3 for that.
- - LUMINIOUS from Ciderland
  - Posted 12 Mar 2009 03:36

27 out of 32 people found this review helpful

[Highly rated reviewer]

Avoid

This movie was so rubbish, i was glad that it didn't last long. It is a bit of a mystery that all falls into place at the end but there is not much to the film. There is nothing sexy about this film unless you like seeing people giving each other nose bleeds whilst they are having sex.
- - bella411
  - Posted 06 Jan 2008 14:33
16 out of 22 people found this review helpful

Well made but derivative plot

This is a very stylish Norwegian entry into the much cluttered thriller-with-a-twist genre. The first 30-40 minutes are absorbing and intriguing - something that Michael Haneke fans would lap up in large scoops. Then a few very unsubtle hints give the whole plot away and therein is a fault in the Director's lack of respect for his audience, something normally associated with Hollywood.

Hopefully you haven't seen a film like it, or the plot isn't as transparent as it was for me - in which case this would easily be a 4-star contender. I just feel that a few more red-herrings and less clues so early on would have greatly benefitted a larger viewing public.

This gripe aside, the Direction is very assured and the acting (especially the lead male) very convincing, and all-in-all, a movie that I would have liked to give 4 stars to.
- - Trakbuv from Sheffield, England
  - Posted 14 Mar 2007 01:39
12 out of 12 people found this review helpful

[Highly rated reviewer]

Give it a go

This was not my type of film but my husband thoroughly enjoyed. It's about a man who becomes friendly with his neighbours.
- - TJ from Cramlington
  - Posted 08 Feb 2008 14:16
7 out of 8 people found this review helpful

Love it love it looooooooooove it!!!

Wow - a refreshing taut and sexy nightmare that really reels you in - keeps you thinking for days afterwards too. Forget that its a foreign movie as this out classes most of the american trash that hits our shores - Essential viewing!!!
- - Richard from Lowestoft, England
  - Posted 22 Aug 2007 23:01
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

subtitled

Did not enjoy. difficult to keep up with subtitles
- - A customer from Birmingham
  - Posted 21 Mar 2009 15:44
6 out of 7 people found this review helpful

next door

I found it very boring, it was subtiltled which didnt impress me all.
- - dee1 from Bromyard
  - Posted 25 Jul 2008 11:40
5 out of 8 people found this review helpful

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[Highly rated reviewer]

NEXT DOOR

SO MUCH PROMISE IN THE SET UP AND THEN A DAMP SQUIB AND A '' YOU WHAT , IS THAT IT ? '' ENDING ,'' WHAT ABOUT , WHY ? WHEN ? ''

COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER
- - TREV
  - Posted 29 Jan 2008 11:01
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

tripe

this film was s---t in the first instance it was in another language that i could not understand i managed to make out the storyline giving each other a slap a few dead bodies strangulation i did not bother to watch it to the end boring rubbish not worth a look
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 10 Jun 2009 23:51
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

Unexpected and good

Excellent thriller, sexy and harsh...with a brilliant plot.
- - A customer from Reading
  - Posted 04 Jun 2007 08:06
6 out of 11 people found this review helpful

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'Next Door'

Crap Crap and more Crap, don't bother it's not worth the pain...
- - ian3 from Salisbury
  - Posted 23 May 2008 19:02