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.
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04/13/07
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: 15 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins 24 secs
Genre: Teenage, Thriller, Murder, Theatrical Release, Murder Mysteries
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... [More]
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: D.J. Caruso
Reviews for Disturbia
If you're going to remake (or salute) a Hitchcock classic, it's fine to start off like Disturbia. It is not fine to end up like Disturbia.
04/13/07
Disturbia seems unsure whether to be a creepy thriller, a drama or a coming-of-age comedy. What's certain about this well-acted, visually assured movie is that, scene by scene, it's often lively and engaging.
04/13/07
By and large, the characters in Disturbia do all the dumb, reckless things we've come to expect -- and rightly mock -- in cheesy suspense flicks.
04/13/07
Unoriginal but still effective, and shows anew how well-suited themes of voyeurism (we all like to watch) are to movies, especially thrillers.
04/13/07
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.
04/13/07
Director 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
What 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
In addition to being a solid thriller, Disturbia is also a scathing indictment of life in suburbia and the movie gamely plays to teens while taking their angst to task.
04/13/07
A well-acted little teenage thriller that takes good advantage of visual premises and common modern technology's increasing potential for making us all avid, and even rabid, voyeurs.
04/13/07
Presents itself as an adolescent variation on Rear Window, updated with modern technology and steeped in the conventions of thrillers. That's exactly what it delivers. In fact, that's all it delivers.
04/13/07
LeBeouf makes for a likeable, ankle-bracelet-saddled sleuth, while Caruso confidently ratchets the suspense. Even the romantic subplot -- never advised in a taut thriller such as this -- is winning enough to make it a welcome distraction.
04/13/07
Despite the foolishness, and despite the patent knockoffs of Rear Window and American Beauty, Disturbia is a likable little thriller.
04/13/07
A one-dimensional thriller, albeit one more stylish than the ones churned out for the older teen-early 20s demographic.
04/13/07
Reasonably 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
Disturbia will have young people on the edge of their seat, cringing and thinking at the same time.
04/13/07
Won't go down in history for its artistry, but it's an entertaining movie with a sense of humor and a promising star.
04/13/07
Every 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
Rear Window gets a facelift for the iPod generation.
04/13/07
From its riveting beginning until its edge of your seat conclusion, 'Disturbia' manages to breathe some new life into the stale and tired thriller genre
04/13/07
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