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Genres:
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Crime /
Mystery /
Romance /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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D.J. Caruso
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Actors:
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Matt Craven,
Sarah Roemer,
Luciano Rauso,
Kevin Quinn,
Kent Shocknek,
Brandon Caruso,
Daniel Caruso,
Suzanne Rico,
Shia LaBeouf,
Carrie-Anne Moss,
David Morse,
Aaron Yoo,
Jose Pablo Cantillo,
Viola Davis,
Elyse Mirto
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Duration:
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105 min.
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Rating:
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(7/10)178.5
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Plot Summary:
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After his minister is killed in a catastrophe, things unravel Kale Brecht and he is placed subordinate to blood-arrest after punching his Spanish cicerone. Having nothing outstrip to do, Kale occupies himself by espionage on his neighbors. But ditty night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Turner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the facts in fact behind these murders but, after a few upsetting run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of subsistence and death. And the threatening grill: Who is watching who?
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Disturbia
DJ Caruso makes neurotic voyeurs of us all in this upgrade of Rear Window for the internet generation
"Can he see us?", asks teenager Kale (LaBeouf). "No, he can't see us," replies his father Daniel (Craven), "but he can feel us watching."
Despite having a title that suggests the darker side of suburban living (and sounds like a tome by 'dreamweaver' Garth Marenghi), Disturbia in fact opens in the great outdoors, with an untamed river running through a sweeping mountain vista. Kale's father will shortly be killed in an accident on the drive back home, but before that can happen, he dispenses advice to his son on the baiting and trapping of fish - advice that will prove peculiarly relevant to Kale's future experiences.
These days, the term 'Hitchcoc...
Disturbia
Claudia PuigDisturbia is Rear Window for the generation raised on MySpace and cellphones. And though it's not likely to become a classic like the Hitchcock film, it's a smart and well-acted teen thriller that serves up some lively scares.
Much of the effectiveness of Disturbia lies in its casting. Shia LaBeouf is the kind of youthful everyman who brings to mind a young Jimmy Stewart. He has an ease on camera and a low-key sense of humor that makes him likable and relatable. And as the murderer living next door, David Morse has just the right amount of quiet charm and coiled intensity needed for the part.
It says a lot for the film that we already know that a killer is LaBeouf's neighbor from the film's tagline and ads, but we still react with shivers and cri...
Disturbia
Justin ChangVoyeurism goes high-tech in Disturbia, a modest but 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. Not unlike its engaging star Shia LaBeouf, here playing a house-bound teen who takes on a dangerous new hobby, this nifty little thriller is an irreverent whipper-snapper of a movie, always staying a few IQ points ahead of the competition. Set to open April 13, the Paramount release should find willing peepers on bigscreens, small screens and laptop/iPod screens before long.
OK, so LaBeouf isn't exactly Jimmy Stewart. (And Sarah Roemer, with her habit of doing yoga in tube tops, is more Miss Torso than Grace...
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