Matthew (Emile Hirsch, "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys") falls for Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert of TVs "24" and "Love Actually"), who is the girl next door; at least for a few weeks, as she house sits while her aunt is out of town. The senior year in high school for Matthew and his friends is about to take an adventurous and amorous turn. This film casts a very firm nod to 1983"s "Risky Business," which starred Tom Cruise. All the elements are here: straight arrow, ivy league college bound boy meets naughty girl with heart of gold, and then needs to raise cash quick, fast and in a hurry.

Matthew, Eli (Chris Marquette, "Freddy vs Jason") and Klitz (Paul Dano, "Taking Lives," "L.I.E.") are good students though not part of the in crowd. Their thrills with girls are all talk and no action, as compared with the heated body language of the jocks and hotties that skip school and take off for the beach.

Eli spends much of his leisure time watching porn videos and it’s this connection that blows Danielle’s attempt to change her life from being a porn star named Athena to being the girl next door, who falls in love with Matt. Matthew, at least briefly, thinks he wants Danielle to actually be that woman on the screen, a teenage boy’s dream. Kelly (Timothy Olyphant, TVs "Deadwood," "A Man Apart"), Danielle’s agent, tracks her down and doesn’t want to lose his prime property. A charismatic smooth talker, with rough edges ready to splinter, Kelly tempts and titillates the not so innocent minds of the wanna-be sex objects at the local high school. He leaves these middle class suburban "sluteens" ready to be seduced by a pimp.

The film features a lot of sexuality, which is often laugh out loud funny. It’s a little over the top, with a definite touch of what the porn industry is about, yet it addresses day to day teenage sexual issues that are unavoidable.

Our teen critic David Spielman said of the 2002 film "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys," "One thing that frustrates me is that this movie is rated R. Though it has violence, drugs, sex, alcohol, what sixteen year old hasn't seen at least a few of those? This movie made me think, and I think it could make other teenagers rethink things a little bit as well. This should have been PG-13, and last year's "Almost Famous" was an even better example of a ridiculous R rating." David has mentioned to us a number of times that teens live in an R rated world and it’s films like these that they can actually learn from.

For sure this movie is not for every teen and quite possibly the real answer is that parents need to be involved to the point that they know what films to take their teens to that are R rated (such as "Thirteen"). These are the types of movies that can stimulate conversation with your kids about what happens when you have to deal with a premature pregnancy, or contract a sexually transmitted disease. There may be some lessons to be learned from this film and it’s a lot better than the majority of movies for teens, with loads of violence, and lots of sexual innuendo. Beneath the surface "The Girl Next Door" asks some serious questions. It may help young people decide if the juice is worth the squeeze.