Disturbia
2007 Directed by D.J. Caruso
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The quieter the street, the darker the secrets....
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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Disturbia is like somebody's younger brother who nobody likes because he's not as cool as the older brother but still manages to have at least one friend who would play with him from time to time.
Rear Window is that older brother.
I'll be your friend Disturbia!
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The Beef didn't annoy me as much as his usual self would do, and the what's-her-face-girl was hawt!
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Bad. Don't watch.
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Basically a modern day version of the Hitchcock classic Rear Window. So imagine my surprise when Disturbia turned out to be pretty decent. It's tense and intriguing though having seen Rear Window the ending was predictable.
The biggest problem is the opening, it is very slow with it basically being a teen rom-com for the first 40 minutes. After this however it opens up and becomes far more enjoyable. Shia LaBeouf is pretty good as well. Well worth a watch.
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A surprise package is Disturbia, as it holds a level of intelligence in its components that elevates it above the simple teen thriller it so easily could have descended into. As a thinly veiled version of Rear Window for the Apple generation, DJ Caruso's nods and winks to Hitchcock are all over his direction yet he never steals too directly, crafting a tight and sprightly, carefully building escalation wrapped around a surprisingly effective lead played well by Shia LeBeouf; in fact this might well be his strongest performance to date and it's equally a surprise to admit he contributes heavily to its success.
LeBeouf carries a level of youthful charisma as Kale, the house-arrested felon haunted by the accidental death…
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This gets a lot of hate for basically being "Hitchcock-lite", but I've always enjoyed this film for it's basic thrills, solid performances (is David Morse ever bad?) and just for being a weirdly awesome teenage fantasy.
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Sure it's ripping off Rear Window but it's definitely better than your average thriller.
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awful
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I am constantly amazed by how much I hate Shia le Beouf. Even spelling his name just then caused me to reflexivly finger one of the many knives I keep scattered about my person.
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If Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window was a living thing, then its shit would be called Disturbia.
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Would be much better if it didn't turn into a horror film at the end. The great thing about Rear Window is even though I've seen it many times I still can't think if he did it or not.
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It's a frustrating thriller. Some decent moments only to be followed by deep sighs by the viewer.
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Kale Wilks é um adolescente americano que vê a sua vida virada do avesso quando agride um professor, sendo obrigado a permanecer três meses em prisão domiciliária. Sem mais nada para fazer, a certo ponto, Kale começa a controlar a vida dos vizinhos, e é aí que as coisas começam a aquecer.
Disturbia (Paranóia, em português) é nada mais, nada menos, que um filme para entreter, com um bocadinho de suspense à mistura (mas não o suficiente para nos fazer bater o coração).
Confesso ainda que esperava algo melhor e mais entusiasmante, mas é sempre bom ver Shia LaBeouf no ecrã.
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Publiqué el 25/04/2010:
Comenzando a ver "Disturbia" (Caruso, 2007) con mi hija mayor... :-)
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2010-04-25 06:09:06 (+00:00)06/03/2013:
Remake disfrazado de "Rear window" (Hitchcock); se queda lejos pero no está mal...
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Basically a modern day version of the Hitchcock classic Rear Window. So imagine my surprise when Disturbia turned out to be pretty decent. It's tense and intriguing though having seen Rear Window the ending was predictable.
The biggest problem is the opening, it is very slow with it basically being a teen rom-com for the first 40 minutes. After this however it opens up and becomes far more enjoyable. Shia LaBeouf is pretty good as well. Well worth a watch.