...an unabashedly high-concept premise that's primarily employed to surprisingly positive effect...
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04/14/09
Disturbia (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 166
Fresh: 112
Rotten:54
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Consensus: Aside from its clichéd resolution, Disturbia is a tense, subtle thriller with a noteworthy performance from Shia LaBeouf.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins 24 secs
Genre: Thriller, Murder, Murder Mysteries, Teenage, Theatrical Release
Theatrical Release:Apr 13, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $80,050,171
Synopsis: Shia LaBeouf (CONSTANTINE, I, ROBOT) is a young talent to be reckoned with, as he demonstrates in this genre-spanning film from director D.J. Caruso. Part teenage romantic comedy, part horror... [More]
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Reviews for Disturbia
Disturbia is a well-made, very entertaining thriller.
02/02/09
In addition to borrowing the idea behind Rear Window, Disturbia pays homage to Hitchcock in its sense of pacing, as well, in its use of the Hitchcock's signature slow build.
08/23/08
As a thriller, this is mechanical and predictable - barely one-step away from cookie-cutter formulaic - and yet the film actually works up a decent amount of genuine feeling, thanks to the cast of characters.
07/10/08
With all the promise to be the year's best teen scream flick, Disturbia gets lost while overly trying to please its demographic.
06/21/08
Disturbia takes it's time setting up the thrills and Shia LaBeouf actually acts like a high schooler.
03/03/08
An baleis stin akri ta almata tis plokis kai tis trypoyles poy kseprobaloyn deila edo ki ekei, leitoyrgei mia hara san kalogyalismeno efibiko thriler, poy toylahiston kanei tin prospatheia gia na se koroidepsei poylontas hip moyri, se antithesi me alla po
10/14/07
A limp teenage by-the-numbers version of Rear Window.
09/22/07
One of the big sleepers of the year.
09/21/07
The parts of the film that work...are surprisingly due mostly to the presence of Shia LaBeouf.
09/20/07
Hitchcock would turn in his grave.
09/14/07
Take along a good book – possibly Ted Lewis’s The Serpent – and read it by the light of the effulgent clichés.
09/14/07
Disturbia's limits are those of its hero - an amiable, faintly clueless young man with a brief attention span.
09/14/07
This occasionally amusing thriller will probably not be Shia’s best-remembered moment, but it is worth a peep.
09/14/07
Despite the interesting set-up, the action degenerates into obvious implausibility and silliness - fatal for a suspense thriller - and boredom sets in.
09/14/07
Caruso's no Hitchcock, and Disturbia is not as original, suspense-filled or well-acted as the James Stewart-Grace Kelly masterpiece, but for its predominantly male, teenage audience it delivers enough shocks to be entertaining.
09/14/07
The teen support cast are vacuous and director DJ Caruso strays a little too far into Grand Guignol territory for the over-extended climax, but Disturbia’s otherwise bang on the money: $80m at the US box-office was no fluke.
09/14/07
Not quite Rear Window, but can certainly hold its own with The 'Burbs.
09/14/07
DJ Caruso's neat little thriller won't win any awards for originality (Hitch will be spinning six feet under) but it does work surprisingly well bearing in mind you can almost second guess every plot twist.
09/14/07
Smartly directed thriller with a witty script, a great performance from Shia LaBeouf and some hugely enjoyable suspense scenes.
09/13/07
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