Closer Than the Boy Next Door

Name: Closer Than the Boy Next Door
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998-01-10
Rating: 4.4
Cast: Erik Bennett, Ellen Ferris, Michael Wharton

1998

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4.4/10

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Drama

Broken love. Phony families. Distorted dreams. For the twenty-something friends of Closer Than The Boy Next Door, the nineties are anything but slack. A hip and honest slice of life, Closer ... Read allBroken love. Phony families. Distorted dreams. For the twenty-something friends of Closer Than The Boy Next Door, the nineties are anything but slack. A hip and honest slice of life, Closer Than The Boy Next Door explores today's big issues. You know, sex, careers, The X-Files. J... Read allBroken love. Phony families. Distorted dreams. For the twenty-something friends of Closer Than The Boy Next Door, the nineties are anything but slack. A hip and honest slice of life, Closer Than The Boy Next Door explores today's big issues. You know, sex, careers, The X-Files. Justin is lost and lonely. During the day he hauls boxes at a warehouse to pay the rent. At... Read all

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4.4/10

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4/10

Good actors ruined in a twisted tale

When I watched this movie I thought that the director MUST have had a vision that I just could not get. I mean, the actors were good (Erik Bennett, especially, was very real to me, and played Justing with depth and spirit), but the pace was miserable, the camera work was choppy and the staging was weak. I figured that he was, through the pain of the pace, trying to make adult incest an even more painful theme to contemplate, but come on, how much more painful can it be!??!!? This movie is not what it might have been, but that is due to the director imposing himself on his actors and on his script in ways that bogged it all the way down.