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.
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.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
13 Apr 2007
rotten:
Closing on a surprisingly prudish, prosurveillance note, you don't have to wonder if lessons have been learned. Downloaded, maybe. Not learned.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
14 Apr 2007
fresh:
It eventually evolves into a credible thriller, one pointedly rather than coincidentally embedded in the trivia of its time.
– Tasha Robinson,
AV Club,
14 Apr 2007
fresh:
This is a cool little thriller with some big scares and fine performances.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
16 Apr 2007
fresh:
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.