Disturbia
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Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problem—he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.
What critics thought
A teen-skewing Rear Window riff that critics found serviceable but uneven — the setup draws genuine tension and LaBeouf earns his lead role, but the third act collapses into genre cliché and implausibility that the sharper early scenes had made you hope to avoid. Audience enthusiasm ran notably warmer than critical opinion.
“This is a cool little thriller with big scares and fine performances.”
Richard Roeper·Ebert & Roeper
“despite the 'edgy' title, Disturbia is content to be a multiplex-friendly teen thriller with a higher degree of slickness and smarts than most of its contemporaries.”
William Thomas·Empire
“Despite the interesting set-up, the action degenerates into obvious implausibility and silliness - fatal for a suspense thriller - and boredom sets in.”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
“The dopiness of it, however, may be an indication not so much of cinematic ineptitude as of the changes in a movie culture that was once devoted to adults and is now rather haplessly and redundantly devoted to kids.”
David Denby·The New Yorker
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Cast & Crew
D.J. CarusoDirector
Shia LaBeoufKale
Sarah RoemerAshley
Carrie-Anne MossJulie
David MorseMr. Turner
Aaron YooRonnie
Jose Pablo CantilloOfficer Gutierrez
Matt CravenDaniel Brecht
Viola DavisDetective Parker
Kevin QuinnMr. Carlson
Geoff ZanelliComposer
Carl EllsworthWriter
Christopher LandonWriter
Rogier StoffersCinematographyDisturbia
Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problem—he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.
What critics thought
A teen-skewing Rear Window riff that critics found serviceable but uneven — the setup draws genuine tension and LaBeouf earns his lead role, but the third act collapses into genre cliché and implausibility that the sharper early scenes had made you hope to avoid. Audience enthusiasm ran notably warmer than critical opinion.
“This is a cool little thriller with big scares and fine performances.”
Richard Roeper·Ebert & Roeper
“despite the 'edgy' title, Disturbia is content to be a multiplex-friendly teen thriller with a higher degree of slickness and smarts than most of its contemporaries.”
William Thomas·Empire
“Despite the interesting set-up, the action degenerates into obvious implausibility and silliness - fatal for a suspense thriller - and boredom sets in.”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
“The dopiness of it, however, may be an indication not so much of cinematic ineptitude as of the changes in a movie culture that was once devoted to adults and is now rather haplessly and redundantly devoted to kids.”
David Denby·The New Yorker
Genres
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Cast & Crew
D.J. CarusoDirectorShia LaBeoufKaleSarah RoemerAshleyCarrie-Anne MossJulieDavid MorseMr. TurnerAaron YooRonnieJose Pablo CantilloOfficer GutierrezMatt CravenDaniel BrechtViola DavisDetective ParkerKevin QuinnMr. CarlsonGeoff ZanelliComposerCarl EllsworthWriterChristopher LandonWriterRogier StoffersCinematographyStream
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