spoiler contain therein represent i usually avoid teen themed movie like the plague and but see how i hear this movie compare to the burbs with tom hank ( only not a comedy ) i have to at least check it out . it start off great and build the audience care for kale and his father and and then abruptly kill his father . kale become a recluse and and attack his teacher when the man mention his father and which i believe be a completely justified action give kale strong connection with his father and presence when he be dead . the end of the death scene prove forever and all time shia act skill and because when he see his dad dead body his expression convey the fact that he dead with no need to show the body at all and that take skill . short hand and kale spy on people and one particularly hot chick be his focus for a while and but later he turn into a sleuth try to catch a killer kale be a nonconformist and that fact likely add to my like the film . but the big factor be the lack of any lame plot twist . this movie stuck to some standard convention that work and sure the movie have plenty wrong with it and but for once i do not have to worry about whodunnit or if kale be actually crazy . straight forward and and that actually add to the suspense . so one hot chick and a murder mystery later i be surprise at how much i enjoy the film and it be very effective .