OK, I do like the actor Shia Lebouf, I think he’s really a gifted kid, even if his parts tend to portray the same type of character, he seems to be very comfortable in front of the camera.  He also seems to be a likeable guy in real life, and since they say actor’s personalities do come out on camera, that makes him all that much more appealing to audiences. 

The girl that appears as his love interest, her name escapes me, was horrid though.  She acted the “sexy” part way over the top, appearing awkward and almost embarrassing trying to play the coy, sex kitten to the extreme.  At the end of the movie, my boyfriend and I agreed that this was definitely a film that was made for teenagers, with a plot that was ok, but maybe not executed as well as it could have been.  The acting was pretty solid, with the exception of the female love interest. 

The plot is that Shia, a trouble kid whose father’s death he witnessed in a car accident where he happened to be driving haunts him, is placed under house arrest after he punches a teacher in school for making reference to his dead father. 

While under house arrest, Shia begins spying on his neighbors with his deceased dad’s binoculars, and he becomes so entrenched in the neighbor’s lives that he might be having paranoid delusions, and might not. 

This is in question when he thinks his neighbor might be a serial killer.  The believability factor and far fetchedness of the script at some points distracts from the movie scenes.  Things like the idea that neighbors would just leave their windows wide open while engaging in acts that seem pretty private is kind of ridiculous.

Some of the dialogue is corny, such as when Shia, a teenage kid, spouts off some deep romantic speech to the love interest.  If you’re into cheap thrills, you might want to rent it.  It starts off well, and has an ok ending, some of the acting (the girl) is distracting and the plot is unbelievable at times, but it is entertaining for the most part.