The Neighbor follows Mike (William Fichtner), a middle-aged man in a routine marriage, wrestling with the fact that he feels his life to be passing him by. Yet, when a young couple moves in next door, Mike quickly befriends the young and vulnerable Jenna (Jessica McNamee) herself trapped in a tumultuous marriage to Scott (Michael Rosenbaum), a car salesman with an immature and pejorative streak. Mike works from home as a copywriter, which allows him plenty of time to pay attention to the beautiful young woman next door; who slowly begins to reveal the details of her life with Scott, and the fact that all isnt as carefree as Scott would like it to appear. As Mike witnesses the young couples relationship straining, his own marriage starts coming apart at the seams, as Mikes wife Lisa (Jean Louisa Kelly) also sees the attraction forming and pulls further away from Mike pushing their own relationship the breaking point. Compounding the fact is Mikes son, Alex (Colin Woodell), who returns from college and forms an unwitting friendship with Jenna, much to the distain of his father. As Mike witnesses the perceived abuse of Jenna at the hands of Scott increasing, he makes one last drastic and misguided effort to intervene and in the end only serves to completely sever his relationship with Jenna, his family and his life in general.
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Short film