Rating: 
Summary: One star for potential
Review: Despite a promising premise, this story doesn't quite make the grade as a feature - primarily because a good 20 minutes seem to have been excised from Act 2. Consequently, what begins as an intriguing story with some interesting characters rapidly evaporates into a disjointed mess, ultimately leaving too many characters undeveloped and too many questions unresolved. Why does Officer Cox seem to be protecting the evil kiddies? How does the janitor know what's really going on? Why is he pretending to be crazy? And what really happened to Stevie-boy's older brother, Allen? Are we even supposed to care? It's just all too conveniently, hurriedly, and rather clumsily, concluded. This is a pity, because if they'd run this film to 100 minutes, more of what I'm guessing was in the original screenplay might have been included. (The deleted scenes included on the DVD add a little back, but it's still not enough.) James Marsden and Katie Holmes acquit themselves well enough as Steve and Rachel, both looking appropriately bewildered at the nonsensical plot developments and their remarkably baseless and asexual romance. Both deserve better material than this. I'm sure Scott Rosenberg's original screenplay gave it to them, so I'm guessing the fault here lies with the producers. What were they thinking? That you can exhibit an 80 minute film SIX times per day rather than FIVE? Who knows. With the obligatory double-ending, though, one thing I'm sure they were thinking about is a sequel. They were dreaming.
Rating:
Summary: Disturbingly bad.
Review: James Marsden is the new teen in school who discovers there's some mind-altering experiments going on, turning rebellious students into upstanding citizens. With a premise that MIGHT have made an okay satire, this one plays as a straight suspense flick, and it's one boring, visually dull mess. Flat acting from Marsden and Katie Holmes doesn't help matters much. Silly without being the slightest bit of fun, which is quite an accomplishment. Of the many post-Scream thrillers out there, this is probably the worst.
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Summary: The right reveiw
Review: this movie is really good especially for teenagers.because it's quite different than your average horror movie, always with some kind of phsyco chasing them that wont die. In this film the prey become predetors and it's in the behavior!
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Summary: The only thing that scared me was the script
Review: The movie starts with well designed credits, which are accompanied by startlingly original music by Mark Snow. Originality is then suspended until the end credits.
The story begins late one night when true GenXer Gavin, played for reasons unknown by the brilliant young actor Nick Stahl, witnesses a bizarre double murder. The next time we see him is at school, where he seems a bit paranoid but has told no one what he has witnessed. We assume there must be some good reason why he has remained silent, but as the movie goes one, we discover that the script doesn't supply one. In fact, it provides few reasons why anything happens. James Marsden, an actor who should either pick better parts or return to TV, plays Jimmy, whose family moves to a lush island off the coast of Washington after his brother commits suicide. Why? Who knows? Off he goes to the local school where something or someone is turning troubled, rebellious students into picture perfect middle American kids. Naturally, as in all mad scientist movie stories, they are not perfect at all. Jimmy meets Rachel, the girl whose destined to become his prerequisite babe. Kate Holmes has a tough time with this role. Anyone would, because Rachel's personality switches towards the end of the movie. This is due to the dreadfully written script, not to science gone mad... It is possible that, if Disturbing Behavior had been satire of today's fears and preoccupation, it may have been a lot better. A magic potion for turning our kids into a group sharing the same uptight values would appeal to the growing ultra right wing segment of the adult population. It would be a typically simplistic answer to a complex issue. We are bombarded with so many messages to save our kids that I wonder if the real fear is that we can't save ourselves from our kids.
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Summary: What's up with you reviewers . . . this movie rocked!
Review: I saw the TV version of this movie on the sci-fi channel. I wanted to see it after I read the book based on the screenplay. The movie was slightly different, but was still very good. It kept you on the edge of your seat the whole time. The acting was believeable, and the plot entertaining. The book WAS better . . . read that first, if you want to be sure you'll like the movie. It wasn't quite on the same level as I Know What You Did Last Summer, but still a very good film.
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Summary: James Marsden-Disturbingly Awsome
Review: James Marsden did an outstanding job in playing Steve Clark as a detached and aloof outsider. He is the most talented and versatile actor in the history of Hollywood, besides being of course so alluring, appealing, breathtaking ...
Since so many scenes were deleted from the VHS version, it is sometimes hard to follow the transitions in between scenes. The dvd version includes all the 11 deleted scenes, which makes it much much better. James Marsden is truly fascinating and outstanding in all of his movies (X-Men, Sugar & Spice, Gossip, Bella Mafia, On the Edge of Innocence, Gone in a Heartbeat, Public Enemies, Second Noah ...) They should release "On the Edge of Innocence" and "Gone in a Heartbeat" in vhs and dvd. And look for James in upcoming "Interstate 60" and "X-Men 2" and currently in "Ally McBeal"
Rating:
Summary: Disturbingly Bad
Review: This movie is terrible. Do NOT buy or rent this drivel. I can't even call it predicable. It is so incoherent and the whole thing seems to be made up on the spot. All characters are cardboard cut-outs and stereotyped (especially the adults and ESPECIALLY the parents). James Marsden is the worst actor I've ever seen. He emotes absolutely nothing in his role and is waaaaaaaaay to old for the character. I laughed out loud in a scene when his father asks him if he is worried about his first day at school. FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL??????!? This guy is a quarter of a century years old!!!
Such a boring film with no directorial flourishes or worthwhile moments or even any sense. Why this movie was made I'll never know even if I live to be a 1000. Never watch this for any reason. The DVD is in Dolby 5.1 and is anamorphically enhanced at 1.85:1.
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Summary: Had Potential, But At Least We Get Katie Holmes
Review: This teen thriller could of been something interesting. I've heard rumors that it was butchered in the editing room and studio people toyed with it. I believe it. It seems like there was more there than the final product we got to see. James Marsden stars as a kid who's family moves to Cradle Bay. He soon realizes the good students at school, called the Blue Ribbons, are not what they seem. Think of it as "The Stepford Students". The cast is all pretty decent, especially Nick Stahl. James Marsden is too much of a jock to feel that he would be much of an outsider. It's always nice to see Bill Sadler too. But, if all else fails, there's Katie Holmes. Sweet, lovely, adorable Katie. Bestill my beating heart. Sorry. Where was I?. This is an okay film that doesn't exactly make you think you wasted your time. It could of been so much better. There was so much promise to it.
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Summary: A laughing stock.
Review: Disturbing Behavior is pretty much awful. The plot has promise, but is brought down by downright horrible acting (most notably from Katie Holmes, who provides nothing more than something to look at in this film), and pitiful dialogue.The one saving grace of the movie is Nick Stahl who plays Gavin. He portrays two different roles very well, switching from one to the other halfway through the film. Other than his performance, everything else about Disturbing Behavior is laughable. Need I even mention the ending, which is so dull it makes Al Gore seem like Jim Carrey. This film might please teenagers eager to catch a flick about other teenagers, and maybe catch a glimpse of partial nudity.But I would not recommend this film to anybody else.
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Summary: I had better expectations...
Review: My friends had recommended this film to me and we rented it and watched it the other night. It was completly and utterly dumb. The acting wasn't great, and the characters were too dumb to care about. It's basically just a bad version of a much better movie of this sort, "The Faculty". If you want to see a movie about a bunch of brain washed teens, rent "The Faculty" instead. Skip this one. The two good things about it were the musical score, and the last few minutes of the movie, which were creepy.
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