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Disturbia (2007)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 171
Fresh: 116 | Rotten: 55

Aside from its clich�d resolution, Disturbia is a tense, subtle thriller with a noteworthy performance from Shia LaBeouf.

Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 12

Aside from its clich�d resolution, Disturbia is a tense, subtle thriller with a noteworthy performance from Shia LaBeouf.

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Salton Sea director D.J. Caruso travels from the shore to the suburbs for this suspenseful tale of a high-school senior who suspects that his neighbor is a notorious serial killer. Kale (Shia LaBeouf) is a high-school senior who has yet to come to terms with the fact that his father is gone, the tragic victim of a fatal accident. As Kale's mother (Carrie-Anne Moss) struggles to pay the bills by picking up extra shifts at work, her son's behavior grows increasingly erratic. When an altercation at

PG-13, 1 hr. 44 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: D.J. Caruso

Written By: Christopher Landon, Carl Ellsworth

In Theaters: Apr 13, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Aug 7, 2007

Box Office:$80.1M

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Shia LaBeouf
Kale Brecht
David Morse
Robert Turner
Sarah Roemer
Ashley
Viola Davis
Detective Parker
Carrie-Anne Moss
Julie Kate's Mom
Aaron Yoo
Ronnie
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Officer Gutierrez
Matt Craven
Daniel Brecht
Brandon Caruso
Greenwood Boys
Luciano Rauso
Greenwood Boys
Daniel Caruso
Greenwood Boys
Kevin Quinn
Mr Carlson
Suzanne Rico
News Anchors
Kent Shocknek
News Anchors
Rene Rivera
Señor Gutiérrez, Se�o...
Amanda Walsh
Minnie Tyco
Charles Carroll
Judge
Gillian Shure
Turner's Club Girl
Dominic Daniel
Policeman
Lisa Tobin
Big Wheel Mom
Cindy Lou Adtkins
Mrs Greenwood
Elyse Mirto
Kurt David Anderson

Critic Reviews for Disturbia

All Critics (172) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (128) | Rotten (58) | DVD (43)

This is a cool little thriller with some big scares and fine performances.

April 16, 2007 Comment

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

Offsetting the chilly voyeurism is a viable teen romance and an appealing sense of humor. Though there are occasional lapses in logic, Disturbia is consistently suspenseful and entertainingly disturbing.

April 13, 2007 Full Review Source: USA Today

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

Top Critic

While Disturbia does nothing to advance or honour Hitchcock, the movie succeeds on its modest terms.

April 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

Caruso, a very visual director, serves up some surprises and scares, and he's paced his movie briskly. You're out of this disturbing suburbia before you know it, shaken and even stirred.

April 13, 2007 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Ruthe Stein

San Francisco Chronicle

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A surprisingly competent film, Disturbia lives up to its title. It's rare to find a decent film turn up in the dead of April, traditionally Hollywood's dump month for shelved oddities.

April 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger

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Lisa Rose

Newark Star-Ledger

Top Critic

Director D.J. Caruso relies entirely too much on clich�d shock cuts and keeps pulling back every time the flick seems to be settling into anything close to a creepy mood.

April 13, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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Disturbia is a thoroughly enjoyable film that conforms to the horror genre's conventions, yet always feels fresh thanks to a combination of well-judged performances, cleverly structured writing and suitably claustrophobic direction.

July 14, 2011 Full Review Source: Digital Spy

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Ben Rawson-Jones

Digital Spy

A feature-length alt-rock-soundtrack shill that merges with violin strains that would make even Bernard Herrmann blanch.

July 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix

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Brett Michel

Boston Phoenix

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

April 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Disturbia is a well-made, very entertaining thriller.

February 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly

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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.

August 23, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com

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Heather Huntington

ReelzChannel.com Source: ReelzChannel.com

Voyeuristic teen Rear Window update.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

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.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique

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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.

June 21, 2008 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Matthew Sorrento

Film Threat

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

March 3, 2008 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review

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Jeff Bayer

The Scorecard Review

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October 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses

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Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

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

September 22, 2007 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

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Philip French

Observer [UK]

One of the big sleepers of the year.

September 21, 2007 Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium

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JoBlo

JoBlo's Movie Emporium

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

September 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Hitchcock would turn in his grave.

September 14, 2007 Full Review Source: This is London

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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 clich�s.

September 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Financial Times

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

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This review won't get into the question whether or not it makes sense to offer a quasi-remake of Hitchcock's "Rear window" for the generation X-Box. Shia LaBeof is the obvious acting choice as a young troublemaker who is under house arrest while coping with his father's death. The rest is well known: hot neighbor moves

May 2, 2007

Jens S.

Super Reviewer

This is a vastly inferior remake (to a degree) of Rear Window, but, I guess for those unfortunate souls who have yet to watch that one, I could see how this might be seen as a fun little thrill ride. It certainly does have its moments, and it could have done a worse job of updating the material for a new generation,

August 9, 2007

Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

Disturbia Quotes

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1. Ronnie: [breaking into a car] This is a lot harder than it looks on the Internet.
– Submitted by Kerwin M (45 days ago)
1. Ronnie: [filming Kale and Ashley kissing] Soon to be the most popular video on YouTube.
– Submitted by Kerwin M (45 days ago)
1. Kale Brecht: Do you think he sees us?
2. Daniel Brecht: No, he can't see us. But trust me, he can feel us watching.
– Submitted by Kerwin M (45 days ago)
1. Ronnie: Dude you havta see this I got like my whole great escape on video!
– Submitted by Kerwin M (45 days ago)
1. Ashley: Where are the coffee and doughnuts? You can't have a stakeout without coffee and doughnuts.
– Submitted by Kerwin M (45 days ago)