Synopsis
Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't come back out. Kale and his friends, Ronnie and Ashley, start to grow more and more interested in what is actually happening within the house of Robert Turner.
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Cast
- Shia LaBeoufKale Brecht
- Sarah RoemerAshley Carlson
- Carrie-Anne MossJulie Brecht
- David MorseRobert Turner
- Aaron YooRonnie
- Jose Pablo CantilloOfficer Gutierrez
- Matt CravenDaniel Brecht
- Viola DavisDetective Parker
- Brandon CarusoGreenwood Boy
- Luciano RausoGreenwood Boy
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
There's plenty to ensure fresh jolts for viewers who know Hitch's tricks inside out, to say nothing of young moviegoers who don't know Grace Kelly from Thelma Ritter. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
One way you know that D.J. Caruso is a resourceful director is that he scares you silly with a minimum of violence and a few smears of blood. His job was certainly made easier by Morse, whose glassy demeanor and high, soft rasp suggests horrors that not even Quentin Tarantino could imagine. - 75
Rolling Stone
Cool stuff. Cool movie. - 70
Variety
Squirmingly fun suspenser that brings Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" into the era of vidcams and cell phones, serving up hearty, youth-skewing portions of PG-13 violence and bikini-bait along the way. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
If it's possible to be a rip-off with wit, Disturbia qualifies. - 63
ReelViews
A nice little mystery thriller that takes a wrong turn on the way to its climax and morphs into a slasher movie. - 60
Village Voice
There's not one single bombshell dropped in Disturbia; everyone is exactly who you think they are and does exactly what you think they'll do precisely when you think they'll do it. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Up-and-comer LaBeouf (Holes) is a young actor to watch, but he's had better opportunities than this teen thriller to show what he's capable of.
