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Disturbia (2007)

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Reviews Counted:168

Fresh:115

Rotten:53

Average Rating:6.2/10

Consensus: Aside from its clichéd resolution, Disturbia is a tense, subtle thriller with a noteworthy performance from Shia LaBeouf.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sequences of terror and violence, and some sensuality

Runtime: 1 hr. 44 min.

Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense

Theatrical Release: Apr 13, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $80.1M

Synopsis: After his father’s accidental death, Kale (Shia LaBeouf) remains withdrawn and troubled. When he lashes out at a well-intentioned but insensitive... After his father’s accidental death, Kale (Shia LaBeouf) remains withdrawn and troubled. When he lashes out at a well-intentioned but insensitive teacher, he finds himself under a court-ordered house arrest. His mother continues to cope, working extra shifts to support herself and her son, as she tries in vain to understand the changes in his personality.The walls of his house begin to close in on Kale as he takes chances to extend the boundaries both physical and emotional – of his confinement. His interests turn outside the windows of his suburban home toward those of his neighbors, including a mutual attraction to the new girl next door (Sarah Roemer). Together, they begin to suspect that another neighbor is a serial killer. Are their suspicions merely the product of Kale's cabin fever and vivid imagination? Or have they unwittingly stumbled across a crime that could cost them their lives? [More]

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer, Viola Davis

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer, Viola Davis, Carrie-Anne Moss, Aaron Yoo, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Matt Craven, Brandon Caruso, Luciano Rauso, Daniel Caruso, Kevin Quinn, Suzanne Rico, Kent Shocknek, Rene Rivera, Amanda Walsh, Charles Carroll, Gillian Shure, Dominic Daniel, Lisa Tobin, Cindy Lou Adtkins

Director: D.J. Caruso

Director: D.J. Caruso
Screenwriter: Christopher Landon , Carl Ellsworth
Producer: E. Bennet Walsh , E. Bennett Walsh , Jackie Marcus , Joe Medjuck
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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REVIEWS FOR DISTURBIA

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...an unabashedly high-concept premise that's primarily employed to surprisingly positive effect...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
Apr 14, 2009
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Disturbia is a well-made, very entertaining thriller.

Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment Comment
Feb 2, 2009
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

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.

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment 1 Comment
Aug 23, 2008
Heather Huntington
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com

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.

Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
Jul 10, 2008
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique

With all the promise to be the year's best teen scream flick, Disturbia gets lost while overly trying to please its demographic.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
Jun 21, 2008
Matthew Sorrento
Matthew Sorrento
Film Threat

Disturbia takes it's time setting up the thrills and Shia LaBeouf actually acts like a high schooler.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
Mar 3, 2008
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

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

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
Oct 14, 2007
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

A limp teenage by-the-numbers version of Rear Window.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
Sep 22, 2007
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

One of the big sleepers of the year.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
Sep 21, 2007
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

The parts of the film that work...are surprisingly due mostly to the presence of Shia LaBeouf.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
Sep 20, 2007
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

Hitchcock would turn in his grave.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment 4 Comments
Sep 14, 2007
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Take along a good book – possibly Ted Lewis’s The Serpent – and read it by the light of the effulgent clichés.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
Sep 14, 2007
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

Disturbia's limits are those of its hero - an amiable, faintly clueless young man with a brief attention span.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
Sep 14, 2007
David Gritten
David Gritten
Daily Telegraph

This occasionally amusing thriller will probably not be Shia’s best-remembered moment, but it is worth a peep.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
Sep 14, 2007
Sun Online

Despite the interesting set-up, the action degenerates into obvious implausibility and silliness - fatal for a suspense thriller - and boredom sets in.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment 1 Comment
Sep 14, 2007
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

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.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
Sep 14, 2007
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

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.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
Sep 14, 2007
Jamie Graham
Jamie Graham
Total Film

Not quite Rear Window, but can certainly hold its own with The 'Burbs.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
Sep 14, 2007
Adam Tanswell
Adam Tanswell
Little White Lies

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.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
Sep 14, 2007
Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Sky Movies

Smartly directed thriller with a witty script, a great performance from Shia LaBeouf and some hugely enjoyable suspense scenes.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
Sep 13, 2007
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
 
 
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