that is one of the main differences.

I really find it shocking that half of you still don't understand that "UNRATED" has become the latest marketing gimmick. they could sell two copies of the same movie with slight changes that really may not change the rating, but go under UNRATED simply because it wasn't re-submitted.

I saw this today, and I liked more than I thought I would.

That's not necessarily true - I saw the film theatrically and watched the Unrated DVD just now - many scenes were missing from the theatrical presentation in this DVD. I was pretty pissed. Many of the scenes in the deleted and extended section were in the film when I saw it in theaters. I'm positive of it - as I was watching them, I remembered seeing them before and remembered them being in the film... I also felt like alot was cut out as I was watching the film this time. Both the Unrated and the Rated DVDs list a runtime of 109 minutes. I think there's some bullshit going on here. I would like to know if the rated version has those scenes still in the film. The nudity during the stripper scene was there before I think... that's one thing I'm not sure about though.

For a movie to get listed as 'unrated' - all they have to do is alter the film slightly (add or remove some scenes) and then not submit it for rating (which costs money).

Well here's a little trick you can do. watch both rated and unrated and then get back to us.

you do it.

I don't want to waste 10 bucks on the rated version.

rent it.

No. You're tripping.

I saw the film five times prior to it's DVD release (four times in theaters and once in a hotel room), and everything in the rated theatrical cut made it to the unrated release.

No way - the scene in the diner where they discuss how old they are was in the film when I saw it in the theater - among others.

can you guys just rent it and watch both side by side instead of this he said/she said back and forth?

That scene was never in the theatrical cut. I know the film (both the theatrical cut and the unrated cut) in-and-out. Nothing was removed from the unrated cut, some scenes were changed and additional bits of dialog were added, but nothing more.

The only changes to the unrated cut are:
- The pornos Eli watches (when on the phone with Matt) are more explicit.
- When Matt storms out on Eli after being shown the tape, there's a brief shot of Eli tripping over a trashcan.
- The strippers who give Matt and Mr. Peterson are topless instead of being clothed.
- Before Matt and Kelly break into Hugo's house, Kelly has some additional dialog and there's a few more exterior shots of the area surrounding Hugo's house.
- The lesbian kissing scene in the limo is extended by a few seconds.

The changes don't total more than a minute (most of the changes just replace shots from the theatrical version), thus the identical runtimes on the box.

I've seen the theatrical version five times and the unrated version twice. I know what was changed, and what not. Now I just need Scott Shelton to defend my ass on this one.

I think that there was more than one theatrical cut.

I saw a sneak preview in February, and there's a good chance that things were changed before the eventual release a few months later.

I saw the film twice prior to it's theatrical release, both at the sneak previews in February and March (I could've attended a third showing, but I missed it).

The film was exactly the same during both sneak previews and what was released on April 9th.

The only reason the film was put back a month was so FOX could get more publicity for the film, not to change anything. Sadly, the plan backfired for FOX and the film tanked.

I'm sorry - you are wrong.

I would suggest you rent both and take a look at them side by side. screen caps would be helpful with timecode.

I'm not arguing anything about the rated dvd, just the theatrical version I saw.

And how many times did you view the theatrical cut? Once? Twice? I've watched the theatrical cut five times (and that's the last time I'm stating that). Four of them being on a gigantic film screen, twice prior to release date, twice after release date. The fifth time I watched the rated cut was in a hotel room. And that scene you're mentioning was not there.

I even asked my friend Alex, who saw the film twice with me, if he remembers that scene in there, and he says no.

I'm renting the rated DVD tomorrow just to prove your ass wrong.

renting the rated dvd won't prove anything since I'm not arguing about the content of the DVD, but the theatrical presentation. Same thing happened to Scary Movie... they relegated scenes from the film to the bonus features. Anyway - I know what I saw. I watched the film in theaters and then watched it on DVD... I noticed something was missing here and there. I watch the deleted and extended scenes and noticed that I had seen them before and that they were in the film. How else do you suppose I would've seen them? According to you, I would've been watching them for the first time, but I wasn't cuz I had seen them before. Maybe my theater got a different cut of the movie. I don't know.

Yes, because FOX made numerous versions of The Girl Next Door and made a handful of theatrical prints for each one.

geez guys such a heated argument over such a movie

bottom line is unrated or not, we don't get to see Elisa's muff !

and muff is what makes the world go round !

My god Desmond, I've heard you say some silly things in my day and age, but that one takes the cake.

What do you mean, Jack? Muff *doesn't* make the world go 'round?

ha ha ha. I suppose it doesnt. I suppose it doesn't indeed.

Does this come with an insert?

saw this 4 times in a theater and once in a hotel room? sounds like an affair.