THE BOY NEXT DOOR (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jennifer Lopez (Maid in Manhattan), Ryan Guzman (Step Up: All In), Kristin Chenoweth (Stranger than Fiction), John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Adam Hicks (The Shaggy Dog), Lexi Atkins (White Dwarf), Ian Nelson (The Judge), Hill Harper (The Skulls), Bailey Chase (Crossing Over), Travis Schuldt (Hitting the Cycle)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious), director; Barbara Curry (film debut), writer; Jason Blum (Whiplash), Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas (Mona Lisa Smile), John Jacobs (Ted) and Jennifer Lopez (Feel the Noise), producers; Nathan Barr (The Big Wedding) and Randy Edelman (27 Dresses), composers; David McFarland (The Final), cinematographer; Michel Aller (The Chaperone), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Shortly after her divorce, high school teacher and newly-single mother Claire (Lopez) finds herself attracted to Noah (Guzman), the young and handsome man living next door. As their passions for each other reach fever pitch, they have a one-night stand together – but things become sinister when Noah develops an unhealthy obsession with her…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jennifer Lopez takes on her first major film role in two years, as the frightened target of a sinister man’s obsession in this dark psychological thriller.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2015

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