A limp teenage by-the-numbers version of Rear Window.
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09/22/07
Disturbia (2007)
67 %
Reviews Counted: 165 Fresh: 111 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: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins 24 secs
Theatrical Release: 14-09-2007
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 flick, DISTURBIA stars LaBeouf as the troubled Kale, who is confined to his home under house arrest... [More]
Genre: Thriller, Murder, Murder Mysteries, Teenage
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Aaron Yoo
Director: D.J. Caruso
Screenwriter: Christopher Landon, Carl Ellsworth
Producer: Jackie Marcus, Joe Medjuck, Tom Pollock
Composer: Geoff Zanelli
Screenwriter: Christopher Landon, Carl Ellsworth
Producer: Jackie Marcus, Joe Medjuck, Tom Pollock
Composer: Geoff Zanelli
Reviews
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
Top Critic
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
Top Critic
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
Take an Alfred Hitchcock classic, remix it for generation youtube and you've got Disturbia, a smart and involving thriller about the perils of voyeurism.
09/11/07
Top Critic
Entertaining Hitchcock-lite for a generation that would rather dial P for pizza than M for murder.
09/11/07
Top Critic
Disturbia goes through the Hitchcockian motions with great skill and good humour - but among the many pleasures it has to offer its viewers, there are few real surprises.
09/06/07
Top Critic
Even though the story goes bonkers at the end, this teen thriller keeps us entertained--and on the edge of our seats.
08/02/07
You’ll jump as if you’ve had electrodes attached to your sensitive parts; but when your nerve endings stop tingling, your brain won’t remember a thing.
06/23/07
Top Critic
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
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