An intimate and humanizing look into the world of adult films from a never before seen perspective - from a woman director following a naïve Oklahoma housewife as she becomes adult film superstar Stacy Valentine. Shot over six years this is the conflicting story between Stacy Baker (small town girl) and Stacy Valentine (porn star) and her desire for true love. Stacy allows us to experience the exotic world of pornography through the eyes of a former housewife from Oklahoma including the cost of selling a piece of your soul for a shot at fame.
An intimate and humanizing look into the world of adult films from a never before seen perspective - from a woman director following a naïve Oklahoma housewife as she becomes adult film superstar Stacy Valentine. Shot over six years this is the conflicting story between Stacy Baker (small town girl) and Stacy Valentine (porn star) and her desire for true love. Stacy allows us to experience the exotic world of pornography through the eyes of a former housewife from Oklahoma including the cost of selling a piece of your soul for a shot at fame.
"The Girl Next Door shows porn star Stacy Valentine's fierce determination to do whatever it takes to succeed in her chosen profession. Director Fugate's accomplishment is to turn this Barbie doll caricature into a fully realized human being."
KPBS.org
"A playful, powerful, and very honest portrait of a profession we don't see all that often."
rec.arts.movies.reviews
"As a behind-the-scenes life of the sex industry, you get the same fascinating bird's-eye view that Paul Thomas Anderson gave you in Boogie Nights."
Washington Post