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Disturbia [HD DVD] | ![Disturbia [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q9l2E5WQL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: D.J. Caruso
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sarah Roemer, Aaron Yoo
Studio: Dreamworks Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  201 reviews
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Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: HD DVD
Region: 0
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: PARHD124410
UPC: 097361244105
EAN: 0097361244105
ASIN: B000RO6K9O
Theatrical Release Date: April 13, 2007
Release Date: August 7, 2007
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/07/2007 Run time: 104 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Alfred Hitchcock fans may experience déjà vu upon exposure to this voyeuristic thriller. That's because director DJ Caruso (The Salton Sea) and co-writer Carl Ellsworth (Red Eye) use Rear Window as a jumping-off point before cherry-picking from more recent scare fare, like The Blair Witch Project. In the prologue, 17-year-old Kale (Shia LaBeouf, Holes) loses his beloved father to a car crash. A year passes, and he's still on edge. When a teacher makes a careless remark about his dad, Kale punches him out, and is sentenced to house arrest. After his mom (Carrie-Anne Moss, Memento) takes away his Xbox and iTunes privileges, the suburban slacker spies on his neighbors to pass the time. In the process, he develops a crush on Ashley (Sarah Roemer, The Grudge 2), the hot girl next door, and becomes convinced that another, the soft-spoken Mr. Turner (David Morse, The Green Mile), is a serial killer. With the help of the flirtatious Ashley, practical joke-playing pal Ronnie (Aaron Yoo), and an array of high-tech gadgets, like cell-phone cameras and digital camcorders, Kale sets out to solve a major case without leaving his yard (a feat that would prove more challenging for a less affluent sleuth). In the end, it's pretty familiar stuff, but there are plenty of scares once Turner realizes he's being watched, and rising star LaBeouf, who next appears in Michael Bay's Transformers, makes for an engaging leading man--despite his character's propensity for slugging Spanish instructors. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Beyond Disturbia 
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 Speedy Delivery! September 4, 2010
Aubrey74
Very quick delivery! This arrived BEFORE my mom's birthday!!
Thank you so much :)
 Not Bad. Not Good, But Not Bad. July 20, 2010
J-Train
This movie isn't very entertaining, but it did what it needed to do to keep my attention. The acting was good, but the script was bland. It is predictable, but then gives some absurd twists. This isn't Hitchcock, but it's not Big Brother either.
This is a 3 out of 5 stars movie. It wasn't scary. It was slightly suspenseful. It was a bit boring, but held just enough mystery to keep me from turning it off. Shia LaBeouf was okay, but he seems to play the same role over and over again. I'm looking for him to take an acting risk, so far I don't think he has. Still, he showed the proper emotion when called for, and acted like a spoiled teen at the right times.
This is a bland movie. As such, it is hard to give it a good or bad review. It served it's purpose, but was that purpose ever really needed to begin with? I'm not sure. I know I'll probably never want to watch this movie again, yet it was mildly enjoyable the first time. This is a middle of the road review for a middle of the road movie.
 A Performance Worth Watching June 9, 2010
NightmareDreams (New York)
Though Disturbia has its quirks and its problems, it is a great film that is well beyond what I thought it would be. When I first watched it in the theaters I was enamored over Shia LaBeouf's performance. He seemed natural, and he didn't seem like he was playing any other part but himself which was a perfect fit for me. He has found his niche early and will most likely stick with it for a while. The natural triad of young characters definitely personifies the typical high schooler in summer vacation in the suburbs. It fits well, to say the very least.
The story itself focuses around the triad of teenagers, Kale, Ronnie, and Ashley. After Kale gets put under house arrest he spends his time stalking, or spying, on the neighbors, finding out everything about their lives. He starts to recognize the signs of a killer in his neighbor Robert Turner. The trio set to work trying to prove this as true but are often preoccupied by other "more important" teenage things. Mixing humor with drama, romance, and horror gives this movie a certain appeal to any kind of watcher.
The serial killer himself, Robert Turner, is played by David Morse. He has a very Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins, look to him. He's polite, dresses nicely, is always presentable, and yet he's a sociopath. He has this sexually disturbing aura to him and we know from the get-go that he is the killer, beyond any shadow of a doubt. His first lines address a rabbit stuck in a trap in his garden and it gives us the thought that perhaps this is how he speaks to his victims.
The final scene is short, but chilling. Reminding us of Buffalo Bill's basement, only in modern day suburbia. Hidden walls and additions to homes, walls of dirt with rickety floorboards that hold bodies. It certainly causes one's flesh to crawl.
The movie's drama need some help since it is oftentimes melodramatic but it is well put together and has a nice flow of events. Really, that's my only complaint. Well worth the watch!
Disturbia April 9, 2010
Carl Manes
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
DISTURBIA is a fun modernization of REAR WINDOW, updated for the Information Age of video games, webcams, and cell phones. It finds a troubled young teen who is sentenced to house arrest after a violent episode at school. With nothing left to do, he takes to watching the neighbors, but finds out more than he wanted to when he witnesses a series of suspicious activities taking place next door. For a polished Teen Horror flick, it delivers plenty of action, comedy, and suspense in a pretty little package. Shia LeBeouf hits his stride as the average, everyday boy next door in a winning performance that is single-handedly responsible for the overall success of the picture. The script is smart and well written considering its target audience, which allows for a greater appeal to both the teen and older Horror crowds. Where the film makes its greatest misstep is in its largely overblown finale, which would have been much more effective if it had been scaled back to a more subtle end. While it doesn't reinvent the wheel, DISTURBIA makes for an entertaining watch with a fresh twist on the voyeuristic theme laid out in the Hitchcock classic.
-Carl Manes
I Like Horror Movies
 I KNOW Hitchcock.......THIS is no Hitchcock! April 7, 2010
L. Da Vinci (New York, NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is amazing how any of the previous reviewers can compare this competent, OK movie to the classic REAR WINDOW. I would call this mindless comparison just blasphemous.
The only similarity in both of these movies is a house-bound man observing all his neighbors with his binoculars.
This movie begins nicely and with a strong bang, with the flashback of the father dying in a car crash that almost seems intentional, (the future killer?). It continues to move at a nice pace, but it soon moves to the ridiculous stage, and later, to the all-too-predictable ending.
Save your money, save your time, make some pop corn and watch REAR WINDOW once again.
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