I've seen websites calling this the most unoriginal movie of all time.

Rating: 1/10 (19 September 2008)

When Rear Window first came out, it was far from original. Now when Disturbia came out, it is nothing but a copy of an unoriginal movie, which leaves it being simply ridicules. What's even sadder is the foundation that holds the copyright to Rear Window is filing a lawsuit against Disturbia because they say it copies every single thing from Rear Window. I could have told you that from the first trailer. Why I even watched the movie is beyond me.
The plot is so ridiculously cliché I don't know how it got past the producers, except for the fact that they know people like youwho gave this a high ratingwould watch it, love it, rave to your friends about it, and make them tons of money. Unoriginality sells, and that is just something I can't understand, even from the mainstream movie watchers. Don't you ever wish you saw something that wasn't predictable? Just once? I'm sure some of you have sat there in your easy chair, watching your dull, typical movies and thought: "Hmm . . . I kind of wish someone would make a movie where the guy doesn't always get the girl and the killer doesn't always die in the end." The acting was decent. Some of the movie was very well done, and sadly, better done than most original movies out there. Disturbia understands that there is really a fine line between horror and humor, and movies that take themselves too seriously just end up getting unintentional laughs. All this was great. My only major technical problem was that the killer looked like a reject from the Bozo the Clown show and I absolutely could not take him seriously whatsoever. Also, I was supposed to find the lead girl sexy and tempting, but she was downright average looking at best. So, the casting, minus the lead, was ridicules.
Overall, Disturbia was pointless in every way. It's sad to see that so much of it was well done, but used on a plot that was a blatant rip-off of an unoriginal source. I left more enraged at the predictability than thrilled from the experience.
1/10