Good Neighbor (2001)

Memorable, crazy movie

A lot of fun.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I recently came across this movie and thought that it looked interesting, with a decent sounding storyline = a young college girl suspects that her neighbours are serial killers and plus it has a few familiar faces in it namely Tobin Bell from the Saw movies, Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars & Batman) and Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years). And so for 25p I can't go wrong."The Killer Next Door" which seems to be its UK title wasn't a particularly good movie, it's not terrible by all means I have seen worse but on a small scale it kind of works in a TV movie kind of way and there were small shades of tension and real fear for the leading heroine Molly (Danica McKellar), like when she is menaced by the serial killers Tobin Bell and the other guy, but that is all let down by the poor acting of not just her but 90% of the cast, including Billy Dee Williams who doesn't seem to be making an effort at all just plain wooden throughout. The only saving grace was Tobin Bell who was very convincing and scary throughout the movie. But the effects were laughable to say the least and I did find Danica's foul mouth hilarious throughout and her sassy friend Rhea was just plain awful and should have died sooner. Okay I understand that this movie was low budget and that shows through and through, but it had a decent storyline but was poorly executed with shoddy acting.

This is a very smart little film. And to see little Winnie Cooper all grown up is great. The acting is great and the direction superb. You have to watch it twice!! If you think you know what is going to happen next you are probably just guessing. Tobin Bell (SAW) is outstanding in this little thriller. I know they must not have had a lot of money to make this film, but it turned out great. It is better than most things on screen today. Catch it when you can. Where ever it is released. Billy Dee is at his smoothest. The feeling you get when you watch this little movie is that making a good little film can still happen. It doesn't take a huge budget or enormous special effects to tell a great story with more twists and turns than a roller coaster. Be sure to see this one!

... and that reason would be Tobin Bell. His performance sent shivers down my spine. The character portrayed by him (Geoffrey) was creepy, spooky and... weirdly fascinating. Okay, maybe the film wasn't spectacular, but his scenes were definitely a highlight of the film. Crystal Porter as a "masseuse" (Deli) was hilarious!!! Danica McKellar...? I won't say that she's a bad actress, but in this one she simply... sucks. When she tries to be scared you just wanna slap her and scream "more emotion girl, more emotion!" If you're in a bad mood the last 10 minutes might cheer you up - I was laughing like crazy, although I probably shouldn't. In general - the whole idea wasn't bad, but the way they filmed it... it just doesn't 'do'. But if you're Tobin Bell fan, it's a must,it's definitely worth few bucks :)

Not many movies make me outright mad, but this does. I'm so angry that I wasted an evening of my valuable time on this piece of #%@*! The people responsible should go to film school. This is the worst film ever made, and I'll never get those painful 2 hours back! My 10 year old daughter makes better movies with our vcr!