7/10
What can I say? Predictable but I liked it a lot.
30 January 2015
High school English teacher Claire Peterson (Jennifer Lopez) lives alone with her son Kevin (Ian Nelson). She's separated from her cheating husband Garrett (a badly aged John Corbett). The neighborer next door has his 19 year old nephew Noah (Ryan Guzman) move in. Noah bonds with Kevin and is attracted to Claire. One night, in a moment of weakness, she has sex with him. The next morning she realizes it was a mistake...but he's madly in love with her and wants her all to himself.

This was a HUGE hit its opening weekend and was savaged by the critics. It's no great movie and it's utterly predictable but I liked it. I was never bored for one second and it generated some suspense. Also it holds back from graphic gore until the end. It moved quickly, had an OK script and the sex scene between Lopez and Guzman was hot without being overly explicit. The acting varies. Lopez is OK but Corbett and Kristen Cheoweth were good and Guzman was excellent. He was totally believable when he was charming or being a raging psycho. Also he's ridiculously good-looking and has a great body. As for nudity--Guzman bares his butt a few times and an unnamed female extra is nude in fleeting shots. Basically this is a well-made thriller that I enjoyed watching. I give it a 7.
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