The Good Neighbor makes no sense. It's filled with wild, improbable coincidences, and worst of all stupidity. It has one likable character, the supposed villain played by Rhys-Meyers who at least comes off as a sympathetic character, while the actual lead comes across as a moron you will have problems rooting for. But mainly this movie stinks and is also worth watching, just to count how many ridiculous things take place. The lead kills a woman by accident, feels horrible guilt over it but becomes involved with her sister even though he's trying to cover for the accident ? A woman who loved her dead sister becomes involved with a newspaper reporter she turns to for help in finding out who killed her, when she could have gone to the police ? She has an affair with him even though she's grieving her dead sister ? The editor of a newspaper is murdered and no one seems to even notice he's gone ? Rhys-Meyers just kills people and this is all explained away with some line about how he never had a brother ? This movie is incredible in how ridiculous it is. The European location is very beautiful, Rhys-Meyers does a good job playing the looney neighbor and it's actually great that he turns him not only into a likable character, but one I was rooting for. I just don't think that is what the film makers intended. This is not a good movie.
Review of The Good Neighbor
