A remake (sorta) of the old Hitchcock classic

Rating: 6/10 (27 October 2007)

There's nothing great to write home about with this movie. It delivers the shocks and comedy in almost equal amounts. That said it isn't terrible at being an entertaining film. But, with the inevitable comparisons to the aforementioned classic movie, it was never going to fare that well.
I suppose the best thing that can be said about the movie is that they at least had the decency to not call it by the same name as the Hitchcock thriller, even though its obvious where its origins lie.
The cast all give reasonable performances but I'm beginning to suspect Shia LaBouef is the new Hollywood poster boy....how many movies has he made this year alone? And as for poor old David Morse, I suspect he may get typecast as "creepy old guy" before much longer.
Anyhow, the plot is highly predictable - teen believes murder is his next door neighbour...nobody believes teen etc. etc. It was a nice touch to give a nod to the original by having LaBouef's character confined to his house by virtue of his leg. In this movie, unlike Rear Window, not a broken leg, but an ankle-tag that can't go beyond a certain point without triggering the alarm.
It's not the worst film I've seen this year by far. But not overly memorable.