I'm sure it's sacrilegious, but I'm a long way from being a teen and think it's better than the original "Rear Window"

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2020)

"Disturbia" is a modern take on Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window", and it seems as if it's been updated to appeal to a teen audience; however, I found it so successful that I liked it better than the original, and I'm no teen.
This film builds steam slowly, always effectively suspends disbelief, and eventually reaches a perfect crescendo. I watched it with a friend who is even older than me (been collecting social security for quite a while now) and he also found it suspenseful and compelling (unless he wasn't being honest with me).
This updated "Rear Window" felt much more real and less stilted and wooden than the original, although, of course, it is a bit more gruesome, as can be expected from a modern movie. People who don't like this either don't remember what it was like to be a teenager or, maybe, they were one of those rare ones who sailed easily through those years. I'm giving it a full 10 stars because even though it's long, I never wanted to speed it up and I was fully involved the whole way through.