In Notre-Dame-de-Grâce a.k.a. NDG, a residential neighborhood of Montreal, a serial-killer has raped and murdered three victims. In an old apartment building, the new tenant of the fourth floor Victor (Jay Baruchel) has just arrived from China with his cat Balthazar and befriends the waitress of a Chinese restaurant Louise (Emily Hampshire) that lives on the second floor with her two beloved cats Mozart and Tia Maria and the handicap Spencer (Scott Speedman) that is in a wheelchair and lives on the first floor.
Louise is on edge with the news about the murders in her neighborhood and Victor, who is an elementary school teacher, brings her home everyday after the working period and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, their alcoholic neighbor Valérie Langlois (Anne-Marie Cadieux) hates Louise's cats and on the Christmas night, she poisons the pets.
Louise decides to revenge against Valerie simulating an attack of the serial-killer. But when she is returning home, she meets the real killer and Victor also sees him. When the police detective and the smart behavior psychologist Roland Brandt (Gary Farmer) arrive in the building for investigation, all the three neighbors become suspects.
"Good Neighbors" is a black-humor comedy with cats, neighbors and killers, in a potential cult-movie. The story is very well constructed, with tension and humor associated to great performances and weird lonely characters. The witty lines are great and I loved when Louise says "I do not know how people do that!". I agree that this film is not for everyone, but there are many unfair reviews in IMDb. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Suspeito Mora ao Lado" ("The Suspect Lives on the Next Door")
Louise is on edge with the news about the murders in her neighborhood and Victor, who is an elementary school teacher, brings her home everyday after the working period and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, their alcoholic neighbor Valérie Langlois (Anne-Marie Cadieux) hates Louise's cats and on the Christmas night, she poisons the pets.
Louise decides to revenge against Valerie simulating an attack of the serial-killer. But when she is returning home, she meets the real killer and Victor also sees him. When the police detective and the smart behavior psychologist Roland Brandt (Gary Farmer) arrive in the building for investigation, all the three neighbors become suspects.
"Good Neighbors" is a black-humor comedy with cats, neighbors and killers, in a potential cult-movie. The story is very well constructed, with tension and humor associated to great performances and weird lonely characters. The witty lines are great and I loved when Louise says "I do not know how people do that!". I agree that this film is not for everyone, but there are many unfair reviews in IMDb. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Suspeito Mora ao Lado" ("The Suspect Lives on the Next Door")