Not bad as teen market movies go

Rating: 6/10 (10 July 2008)

It's not a spoiler to tell you the neighbor the young hero suspects may be a serial killer is, indeed, a serial killer -- if that weren't the case, the teen audiences would have been very disappointed -- and a very creepy serial killer he is! The biggest surprise of this movie is that it actually is watchable by adults without undue pain. The young cast is engaging, the violence and gore are minimal, and the language inoffensive.
The pacing is a little slow in places but, more often, "Disturbia" is entertaining and reasonably suspenseful. If you're an adult who wants to find something to watch with a twelve-year-old, this film will fill the bill nicely.