Adaptation of Rear Window for teens

Rating: 5/10 (10 February 2011)

A pretentious twist on Hitchcock's classic Rear Window but adapted for teens. Although entertaining and funny at times, the movie is simplistic, predictable from the beginning, and without the right amount of mood and the proper tempo to make it believable as a suspense/horror film.
Shia LaBeouf plays convincingly Kale Brecht, a 17 year old high school junior who is in home-detention after a few mishaps at school and, out of boredom, starts spying his neighbors, especially the middle-aged suspicious neighbor Robert Turner, played by David Morse and Ashley, and his hot neighbor, played by Sarah Roemer, who also becomes his love obsession and friend in spying. Aaron Yoo is Ronnie (Kale's crazy best friend). Among the adults, Carrie-Anne Moss well Kale's mother Julie. None of the actors really shines in a movie with OK performances.
One of those films that you enjoy on DVD at home in a rainy day.