Kale is bored and needs to pass time as he is under house arrest for hitting his Spanish teacher. He picks up the hobby to look at his neighbour Ashley through a binocular, when she catches him spying, he lies that their neighbour Robert is a serial killer on the loose from Texas. Together they decide to snoop through his belongings at his house.
When it comes to recalling the best of Hitchcock's important film lessons, here is a decent movie that at least remembers the buildup is just as important as the jolt.
Offsetting 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.
Toronto Star
April 13, 2007
While Disturbia does nothing to advance or honour Hitchcock, the movie succeeds on its modest terms.
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.
Unfortunately, what starts out as a rounded and intelligent thriller soon turns up the silly for an OTT finale that betrays the tense and well-plotted build-up.
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.
