Disconnect
A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world.
Director:
Henry Alex Rubin
Cast:
Jason Bateman, Jonah Bobo, Haley Ramm
Screenplay:
Andrew Stern
Screening Date:
Apr 06, 2013
| Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50.0% | 31.8% | 13.6% | 4.5% | 0.0% |
"I was amazed that a movie entitled DISCONNECT left me with such strong feelings of connection to the character’s pain."
"Powerful edge-of-your-seat exciting - and unfortunately very true."
"Should be shown in every school, every building that has businesses (small and medium) and every large corporation to wake us up to the reality of the net."
"Powerful! Difficult and painful to watch. Reminiscent of CRASH. We’ve seen so much of these topics on the evening news. Teenage angst, lack of communication, identity theft, sex trades reporters using sources, cyber bullying. (Spoiler alert!) I’m glad they didn’t have the son wake up at the end. It would have been sappy. The editing and cross cutting was excellent. Parents walk a fine line between wanting to know details/not being too intrusive, no easy answers. What action to take when your life is out of control."
"Very disturbing film, I’d warn the audience!"
"Strong pluses and minuses. Not plausible for me that a woman looses her baby and connects with a man? Sister spits in the face of another girl? Girls don’t spit. Pluses did portray how news media facilitates evil identity theft, cyber bullying."
"Wow, I attended the Saturday Morning Film Festival and I thought I was going to see a pretty good movie, but what I did get instead were 3 terrific films all in one! Each story could have stood on its own and was rich enough to be a complete movie. What an accomplishment. I hope this film gets wide acceptance as it speaks to so many audiences on so many levels. Quite a cast, quite a director, quite an experience. Having the director would have been the cherry on top the sundae on this Saturday; but it sounds greedy to even make an issue of his absence. Thank him for producing this gem and congratulate him on his newest production." (Ed note: The director’s ‘newest production’ is the birth of his child the day of our screening, which understandably kept him from attending our screening. MEA members congratulate him and wish him well!)
"Remarkably intense movie without resorting to cheap shots or violence or easy dramatic shocks. The simple tale told eloquently is the definition of a brilliant screenplay."
"Everything in this movie was contributing to its affect, not one detail was extraneous. A wrenching but fascinating film! So well written and directed, with motivations shown in their character backgrounds. They are all in a pain unique to themselves. And it is the ultimate connection they reach in the last act of the film. That is the film’s real thematic, potent, hopeful message. This film had information – genuine human information that was unique and powerfully rendered to us!"
"I’d love HS kids and parents to see this film."
"How far we’ve come from Matthew Broderick’s changing grades on school computer in WAR GAMES. Makes me want to go home and change all of my passwords. Really not able to remove your footprint… Quite a film, still holding my breath. Nice juxtaposition and intercutting of the 3 stories. Really reminds you of how disconnected we are with people around us and who we are supposed to be with in the present. People spinning in their own little circles not thoroughly engaging each other. Scary and painful."
"Twitter and Facebook after this? Educational and entertaining. Excellent screenplay, editing, acting and direction. Also scary."
"Like last week’s film (THE ANGELS’ SHARE) a story of youth desperately trying to come of age in a world that presents challenges unheard of a few short years ago. Have we advanced technologically faster than we have emotionally?"
"A film with a 3 digit I.Q and opposable thumbs! Excellent, thoughtful examination of the cyber life we live in today. The greatest flaw of the characters? For all the connection there was no eye contact."
"Scarier than any horror film. What a riveting movie!"
"DISCONNECT jumped from unsettling scene to uncomfortable scene, slowly, inexorably weaving together into a great piece."
