This is a cool little thriller with some big scares and fine performances.
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04/16/07
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Disturbia (2007)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:22
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6/10
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
Top CriticOffsetting 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.
04/13/07
Top CriticWhile Disturbia does nothing to advance or honour Hitchcock, the movie succeeds on its modest terms.
04/13/07
Top CriticCaruso, 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.
04/13/07
Top CriticA 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.
04/13/07
Top CriticDirector D.J. Caruso relies entirely too much on clichéd shock cuts and keeps pulling back every time the flick seems to be settling into anything close to a creepy mood.
04/13/07
Top CriticWhat Disturbia lacks in complexity, it makes up for in witty jokes, sneaky jolts and a timeless lesson: If you've got windows, someone's always watching.
04/13/07
Top CriticDespite the foolishness, and despite the patent knockoffs of Rear Window and American Beauty, Disturbia is a likable little thriller.
04/13/07
Top CriticA one-dimensional thriller, albeit one more stylish than the ones churned out for the older teen-early 20s demographic.
04/13/07
Top CriticReasonably smart and sometimes funny -- right up until the end, when it sells out its intelligence in favor of a standard-issue dose of overwrought violence.
04/13/07
Top CriticDisturbia will have young people on the edge of their seat, cringing and thinking at the same time.
04/13/07
Top CriticEvery piece of the story is jammed predictably into place. Kale sees the cute girl next door; the cute girl comes over. Kale sees the killer next door; the killer comes over.
04/13/07
Top CriticInstead of manufacturing elaborate, ridiculous plot twists or imposing overwrought psychological melodrama on a basically absurd premise [director] Caruso and the screenwriters opt for efficient, clever B-movie execution.
04/13/07
Top CriticThe most disturbious part of Disturbia is how engaging this teenage thriller manages to be, even though it's a shameless rip-off of Rear Window.
04/12/07
Top CriticHas nowhere near the conceptual sophistication of Rear Window, where the protagonist's absorption in what he's watching mirrors the viewer's. The problem with Disturbia is that for most of the film you'll wish you weren't watching at all.
04/12/07
Top CriticFilled with both youthful angst and innocent energy, which makes for more interesting contrasts than you might expect in a slasher-next-door flick.
04/12/07
Top CriticThe proceedings devolve into standard horror-movie effects and minimal motivations. [And] Hitchcock's original never had to resort to thunder and lightning to goose up the suspense.
04/12/07
Top CriticThe film quickly shifts from a clever homage to Rear Window to a bad parody of The Silence of the Lambs.
04/12/07
Top CriticLike Rear Window before it, Disturbia is sly and suspenseful and full of mounting dread.
04/12/07
Top CriticOK, so Rear Window was better plotted and more richly apportioned than this update. And so what if you can see every plot twist bearing down like a rush-hour commuter express? Disturbia still boasts a scrappy charm.
04/12/07
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