Disconnect (2013)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 62
Fresh: 42 | Rotten: 20
It's didactic in spots and melodramatic in others, but Disconnect's strong cast helps make it a timely, effective exploration of modern society's technological overload.
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 8
It's didactic in spots and melodramatic in others, but Disconnect's strong cast helps make it a timely, effective exploration of modern society's technological overload.
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Murderball director Henry Alex Rubin explores the destructive potential of the internet in this ensemble drama starring Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, and Alexander Skarsgård. His marriage dissolving before his very eyes, a former Marine (Skarsgård) ruins his credit by gambling online as his wife (Paula Patton) strikes up an intimate relationship on a popular social networking site. When identity theft puts their life savings at risk, the couple tracks down the man (Michael Nyqvust) they believe is
Cast
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Jason Bateman
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Hope Davis
Lydia Boyd -
Frank Grillo
Mike Dixon -
Michael Nyqvist
Stephen Schumacher -
Paula Patton
Cindy Hull -
Andrea Riseborough
Nina Dunham -
Alexander Skarsgård
Derek Hull -
Max Thieriot
Kyle -
Colin Ford
Jason Dixon -
Jonah Bobo
Ben Boyd -
Haley Ramm
Abby Boyd -
Norbert Leo Butz
Peter -
Kasi Lemmons
Roberta Washington -
John Sharian
Ross Lynd -
Aviad Bernstein
Frye -
Teresa Celentano
Maria -
Marc Jacobs
Harvey -
Cole Michael Mohr
Cole -
Kevin Csolak
Shane -
Antonella Lentini
Cassie -
Tessa Albertson
Isabella -
Erin Wilhelmi
Tracy -
Ryder Gering
Drive by Bully #1 -
Andrew Seddon
Drive by Bully #2 -
Nicholas Zakotiria
Muscle Head -
Alex Manette
McManus -
Adalberto Bermudez
Gym Owner -
Deidre Daly
Math Teacher -
Darlene Troiano
Drycleaning Customer -
Mark Zupan
Drug Dealer -
Katelin Baxter
Webcam Model #1 -
Jackie Austin
Webcam Model #2
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All Critics (62) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (20)
Handsomely shot and judiciously edited, the film benefits from a superlative cast ...
It's left to the actors to make up for the gaffes, and they're definitely up to the task.
Even in the heightened awareness of a post- age (and its ), Disconnect is naturally gripping.
Journalists lie, spouses stray and thieves steal, but "Disconnect" keeps trying, unsuccessfully, to pin the blame on technology rather than its users.
I preferred "Disconnect" 10 years ago when it was called "Crash."
As cautionary tales go, "Disconnect" is a pretty good one, but it's not really a whole lot more than that.
It doesn't all work -- and it sometimes feels like a much smarter take on Paul Haggis' Crash -- but enough of it works to make it a worthwhile film.
There's no way to see this film and not be concerned each time an electronic device is used. That kind of visceral reaction is what makes the film so disturbingly brilliant.
By constantly weaving these tales together, Rubin takes humanity out of the equation, almost as if all these human intersections were engineered by technology, not an increasingly interrelated world.
This movie doesn't need a reviewer, it needs a family mediator.
Come on, guys: There's nothing cinematic about Googling.
"Disconnect" would have been wiser to focus more on the everyday ways technology alienates us from each other, rather than descend to this sort of fear-mongering melodrama.
There are no revelations or surprises, just newspaper editorial-style lamentations disguised as cautionary tales. I'd rather watch racism push Sandra Bullock down the stairs in Crash.
Sensitive performances from the entire cast are absorbing, especially Jason Bateman in his first full-on dramatic role.
A dramatic triptych of loosely connected stories that mostly avoids the pitfalls of an easy target with solid work from all involved.
It thinks it's smarter than it is.
A penetrating examination of who we are as a people and culture living in the advanced electronic age of the here and nowa place as potentially dangerous and harmful as it is radically convenient.
Rubin overcooks his vulnerability, rendering the viewing experience frustratingly short-sheeted in the significance department, making online angst a perfect fit for a Lifetime Movie night.
...a movie with mounting tension, not an easy one to watch, that ends with a thud...up until the last five minutes, though, this is thoroughly engrossing.
Audience Reviews for Disconnect
Fittingly, the film's title describes my overall reaction to what this film has to offer - disconnected. I get what the film is going for and understand that it is well-meaning in what is supposed to be being portrayed on screen, but after a half hour, I basically got what the film was trying at and had to stick with it for another 90 minutes. I am more or less putting it bluntly, as I did think the film had a lot to offer for a certain audience and the performances were mostly solid; with Jason Bateman (not surprisingly, as I think he has lots of untapped dramatic talent) serving as a standout. I would also say the same about Frank Grillo, who continues to be on the rise and destined for more stardom in the near future, but there are issues I have with his character based more on the script by Andrew Stern than his performance.
I guess my issue is that the film relies heavily on stacking up as much drama as possible, with little in the way of light at the end of the tunnel. A film like this certainly does not need to have humor injected into it, but the combination of so many characters all suffering in some way, with a message, and various stories that couldn't find a way to keep me heavily invested during its entire runtime seems like a film that that is not connecting with me the way it hopes to. Additionally, the direction by Henry Alex Rubin is very apparent in the way it emphasizes the characters' "disconnect" from each other, given a lot of very obvious framing and a climatic sequence fitted with some slo-mo photography and fancy editing. The film may not be as "wild and crazy" as Paul Haggis' "Racism Wow!" campaign that was Crash, but I really was not taken by how Disconnect was presented.
Aside from some strong performances and having an opinion about a modern issue being put on display in a decently effective manner, Disconnect was not a film that kept me holding on for more.
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