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A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Internationally acclaimed but – according to yours truly – rather dull and monotonous psycho-thriller that exclusively revolves on sex… and obviously not the tender and romantic type. The odd and almost naturally born creepy Kristoffer Joner (Edward Furlong's brother from a Norwegian mother) stars as a guy embittered because his girlfriend left him for another man. Whilst bickering with himself, John is lured to his neighbors' apartment, supposedly to move a closet. However, the two girls living next door seem to know an awful lot about the relational issues which led to his John's break-up with Ingrid, and they simultaneously suck him into a wicked game of seduction and deception. A moment alone with the kinky Kim leads to a vile and aggressive sex session, but is John really as shocked and upset from this as he seems? Also when Ingrid's new lover Ake enters the scene, it more and more seems as if John is the one with crazy and dangerous fetishes. Nearly everyone compares this Norwegian movie with the finer work of David Lynch, especially in terms of characters' complexity and setting. As an avid Lynch- fanatic, especially of his earliest work, I simply must contradict. The pivot characters are definitely messed up, but also one- dimensional and superficial. "Next Door" is only about sex and we don't get to know anything else about John or the others like, for example, what they do for a living and why they never interacted with each other before. Are we supposed to believe that John never noticed two young and incredibly attractive girls living next to him before? The plot doesn't indicate that they only just moved in, so he only has eye for them now that he's single again? And yes, the settings are undeniably weird, but also unrealistic. What kind of apartment has such narrow passageways or claustrophobic rooms? The infamous sex sequences are raw and brutal, I admit, but they honestly aren't nearly as sick or disturbing as most of the reviews claim them to be. Also, it's my humble and personal opinion that these people bleed rather easily and much quicker than would be the case in real life. I can't say that "Next Door" is overrated, because it still remains a modest little Norwegian cult effort, but among the people who have seen it, it's definitely over-hyped!

Spoilers lie herein...Wow.. a rather short film. Quite simply put, I did find it a strong message on how violence somehow needs to be justified by the psyche through re-creating the experience with a more palatable guise. In other words, even psychosis needs to find its own safe haven. People commit absolutely abominable acts, but this indeed stems from an impulse that, at some point, makes perfect sense to them. But sometimes even the rawness of the act per se is intolerable and needs to be masked as something else. In the case of this film (stop reading if you haven't seen it yet), he murdered his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. The acts were brutal, but his consciousness splintered (to a certain degree) in order to create a delusion that would not be as shocking to his fragile mind.. in the case of the sexual violence, it was justified by the overt sexual advances of Kim and her repeated beating of John; in this light, he had "permission" to hit back, thereby allowing justification of what ensued. People kill when their own survival is threatened... John saw his own definition of self in peril... that is, a relationship with a woman who satisfied his perverse whims (creating outlandish tales of past sexual experiences).. when she threatened to leave him, his life as he knew it was jeopardized, and he needed to kill off the double threat (Ingrid and Ake).. as it is, this perverse view of self is what kept his psychosis encapsulated and, when it was shattered, he lost it. I loved the concept of the film, it drew me in less than I had hoped. I enjoyed the performance of Kristoffer Joner very much, but felt that some of the others' came off as strained. Very enjoyable nonetheless.. I did feel a twinge of sympathy for John.. his life will be one of seclusion till the end of his days.

It's a Norwegian dark thriller about madness and dementia which enters in the world of delusion, self-destruction and denial of reality… The cinematography is quite good, providing us surreal ambiances and a great camera work. The plot is also very good because it's mysterious, dark and puzzling. However, I can't say it's too original, or that the ending was a big surprise… In fact the final disclosure was a bit predictable, because from the beginning those sisters seemed too creepy and surreal to truly exist… As we can confirm at the end, the "Next door" only exists in his disturbed mind… In any case it's a nice work into the noir genre and it really has some shocking and macabre scenes. They're not too bloody or gory, but they have impact on the psychological side… One of them is when the "younger sister" is on the couch trying to seduce him, and then, suddenly, starts beating him! And what a punch! Other scene is the very last one of the movie… It's really macabre! All in all I did appreciate this movie (the plot, the cinematography, the acting, the soundtrack, the surreal and disturbing ambiance…), I only felt a little pity for it didn't surprise me as much as I was expecting (but I had my expectation very high I must confess!).

i bumped on this film totally by accident.in fact my girlfriend found it on the shelf of a place where we rent DVD-s. So i didn't had any big expectations on this movie.i watched only Drowning ghost of Norge films.And this one turned out to be a really nice surprise and spent 75 minutes expecting the expected ending.But this one is a psychological roller-coaster that turns you for 180 degrees and you can just stand paralyzed in the end thinking what happened to the nice boy.Excellent acting all.Bravo!!!Scandinavian film producers should definitely try to keep the good work and we expect many great movies.A big relief from all those Hollywood 1ooooooooooooo million budget plastic movies(not all are). if you love this kind of flicks take some time watch this one.