Disturbia
DreamWorks SKG | Release Date: April 11, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
19
Mixed:
9
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
The Breakfast Club meets Rear Window. The result should satisfy dating crowds from high school to night school. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
There's plenty to ensure fresh jolts for viewers who know Hitch's tricks inside out, to say nothing of young moviegoers who don't know Grace Kelly from Thelma Ritter. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
One way you know that D.J. Caruso is a resourceful director is that he scares you silly with a minimum of violence and a few smears of blood. His job was certainly made easier by Morse, whose glassy demeanor and high, soft rasp suggests horrors that not even Quentin Tarantino could imagine. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
The bloody wrap-up isn't handled especially well, and I must confess that the most shocking thing about the movie was the casting of Carrie-Anne Moss as a suburban mom. I kept expecting her "Matrix" skills to show up in the final reel. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
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. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Morse, with his hulking frame, baby face and soft voice, has probably done too many of these villain roles for his own good. But how could you avoid casting him when he manages to present someone who's screamingly insane in the mildest, most pleasant way? Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
What Disturbia lacks in complexity, it makes up for in witty jokes, sneaky jolts and a timeless lesson: If you've got windows, someone's always watching. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
At a certain point, movies like Disturbia require suspension of belief. To its credit, that moment comes much later in the game than usual. Up until then, like "Rear Window" before it, Disturbia is sly and suspenseful and full of mounting dread. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Caruso, a very visual director, serves up some surprises and scares, and he's paced his movie briskly. You're out of this disturbing suburbia before you know it, shaken and even stirred. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Once the plot finally kicks into gear, director D.J. Caruso (Taking Lives) effectively cranks up the tension. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
The battery of startling shock cuts can get repetitive and the plot has a few potholes, but the palpable atmosphere of vulnerability keeps the drama knotted in tension and the audience rooted to the teens in peril. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Cool stuff. Cool movie. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
There are no big surprises, but the jumps and jolts are well timed and the overall mood is at once grisly and good-natured -- more diverting than disturbing. Read full review
70
Film ThreatZach Haddad
It did a great job of giving chills and making me jump. It may not be the most original film out there, but which ones out there today are completely original anyways? Read full review
70
VarietyJustin Chang
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. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
If it's possible to be a rip-off with wit, Disturbia qualifies. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Does so many things right that it's a shame to see it sink into horror-movie cliches. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Instead of leaving you lamenting the lack of creativity and originality in the film industry, this modest, playful thriller puts you in a forgiving mood. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
A nice little mystery thriller that takes a wrong turn on the way to its climax and morphs into a slasher movie. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The most disturbious part of Disturbia is how engaging this teenage thriller manages to be, even though it's a shameless rip-off of "Rear Window."
60
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
There's not one single bombshell dropped in Disturbia; everyone is exactly who you think they are and does exactly what you think they'll do precisely when you think they'll do it. Read full review
50
Washington PostJohn Maynard
LaBeouf is appealing as the frustrated shut-in, and comic-relief cred goes to Aaron Yoo, who plays his neurotic buddy Ronnie. The ending, though, drags, and the film quickly shifts from a clever homage to "Rear Window" to a bad parody of "The Silence of the Lambs." Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
There are a few decent jolts in Disturbia, but overall this ultra-predictable thriller doesn't live up to the hype. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
If you're happy to watch a thriller about a tenth as good as Alfred Hitchcock's, director D.J. Caruso and screenwriters Christopher B. Landon and Carl Ellsworth hold up their end of the deal, at least until the proceedings devolve into standard horror-movie effects and minimal motivations. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
"Rear Window" never comes up in the Disturbia press notes, which is probably just as well since it steals that movie's premise but none of Alfred Hitchcock's wit, finesse, or seduction. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Up-and-comer LaBeouf (Holes) is a young actor to watch, but he's had better opportunities than this teen thriller to show what he's capable of. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
For all its glitz and gadgets, is markedly inferior in everything but teen appeal. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesDennis Lim
What the new movie lacks in craft, suspense and metaphoric richness it makes up for with, um, gadgets. Read full review
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