Disturbia
In this modern retelling of Hitchcock's thriller Rear Window, a troubled teen sentenced to house arrest begins watching his neighbors out of boredom -- only to discover evidence that a serial killer lives a stone's throw from his home.
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Movie Details
- Director
- D.J. Caruso
- Genres
- Thrillers, Crime Thrillers, Suspense
- This movie is
- Suspenseful
- Format
- DVD and Blu-ray
- Ratings
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PG-13Sequences of terror and violence, and some sensuality.
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15Common Sense rating OK for kids 15+
DVD details
Blu-ray details
Widescreen 1.85:1
SubtitlesEnglish, French, Spanish (Neutral)
Closed captionedNo
Language and soundEnglish: DTS 5.1 Surround, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Spanish (Neutral): Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Other featuresColor; interactive menus; scene access; trailer; audio commentary; deleted scenes; making-of featurette; outtakes.
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.78:1
SubtitlesEnglish, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish (Neutral)
Closed captionedNo
Language and soundEnglish: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: DTS 6.1 Surround Sound, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish (Neutral): Dolby Digital 5.1
Other featuresColor; interactive menus; scene access; trailer; audio commentary; deleted scenes; making-of featurette; outtakes; music video; photo gallery.
Disturbia
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Common Sense Note
Parents need to know that this thriller will likely appeal to teens, despite (or maybe because of) the fact that it's quite violent for a PG-13-rated film. In an early scene, the young hero sees his father killed in a car accident; later, he must explore a scary house in order to save his mother from a serial killer. There's also punching, stabbing, beating, strangling, and neck-breaking, as well as images of human and animal corpses in various states of decay. The main character catches glimpses of sexual activity through his binoculars -- a couple through a window, young boys watching porn on TV (breasts are visible), a teen girl getting undressed, etc.. Language includes frequent uses of "s--t," plus other profanity.
- Sexual Content
- Repeated images of Ashley in underwear and bikini (boys watch her with binoculars); off-screen moaning sounds suggest Kale is masturbating (but he's really itching under his security ankle bracelet); young boys watch porn on TV (breasts visible); Kale refers to neighbor as "Betty Big Bangs" and watches sexual activities (kissing, undressing) through neighbors' windows; phrases include "growing bone," and "horny as s--t" open-mouthed kissing between hero and girlfriend; cell phone ring tone is "Me So Horny."
- Violence
- Pushes the edge on PG-13 violence: Images include a harrowing car crash (son sees father killed), a boy punching his teacher in the face, a man using a knife to take off a woman's bra, fast-cut/close-up video camera footage suggesting Ronnie is being attacked, decaying dead bodies, a grisly deer head in a plastic bag, and human skulls and bones stored in a serial killer's house. Also, the hero breaks into a house with a bat and attacks the villain with garden shears (scenes are quite bloody), and the villain menaces a girl in her car, breaks a victim's neck, attacks another with a knife, and tapes and ties up a woman.
- Language
- Repeated uses of "s--t" (some with "bull"), in addition to other language -- "ass," "jackass," "d--k-hater," "bastard," "damn," "Jesus!," "sucks" -- and phrases ("What a retard!").
- Social Behavior
- A traumatized boy punches his teacher. During house arrest, he spies on his neighbors; one is a serial murderer. A cop behaves unprofessionally. Mocking characterization of geeky "Asian" best friend.
- Consumerism
- Visual and verbal references to iTunes, XBox, Skippy peanut butter, Hershey's chocolate syrup, HDNet, Red Bull, Mac powerbook, Us Weekly, iPod, Twinkies, OxyClean and Cascade detergents, Mayflower movers, Mustang car, Barnes & Noble, and band names (Afroman, Ramones, Led Zeppelin). Joke about Martha Stewart's house arrest.
- Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol
- Possible teen drinking at a party (kids carry plastic cups, but the content is unspecified).
Legend
- Age appropriate
- Not an issue
- Depends on your kid and your family
- Not appropriate for kids of the age most likely to want to see it
This information for parents is provided by Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving kids' media lives.
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