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On_Line (2002)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:15
Rotten:24
Average Rating:4.6/10
Theatrical Release:Jun 27, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $25,658
Synopsis: Set in Manhattan's cybersex industry, "On_Line" at first appears to be about people getting off without ever touching (if you've never done it you'll learn, from one explosively directed sequence,... Set in Manhattan's cybersex industry, "On_Line" at first appears to be about people getting off without ever touching (if you've never done it you'll learn, from one explosively directed sequence, precisely how such a thing might happen). But the film, directed by Jed Weintrob – a digital junkie from the early days of interactive entertainment – has a lot more on its mind than just sex. John Roth (Josh Hamilton) runs a live erotic Website called Intercon-X. Though profitable, the site, which he owns with his roommate Moe (Harold Perrineau), keeps John at home in a state of perpetual frustration. We get the sense that John likes living this way: he works between shots of peppermint schnapps and webcam diary entries in which he pines for his ex-fiancée. Built around revealing and often funny streaming video sessions with net-izens like "man-on-man" host Al Fleming (John Fleck), Internet fantasy girl Jordan Nash (Vanessa Ferlito), self-destructive artist Moira Ingalls (Isabel Gillies) and Ohio innocent Ed Simone (Eric Millegan), "On_Line" uses a groundbreaking mix of new technology and romantic narrative to tell a classic New York story. [More]
Starring: Josh Hamilton, Harold Perrineau, Vanessa Ferlito, Isabel Gillies
Starring: Josh Hamilton, Harold Perrineau, Vanessa Ferlito, Isabel Gillies, John Fleck, Eric Millegan, Liz Owens
Director: Jed Weintrob
Director: Jed Weintrob
Screenwriter: Andrew Osborne, Jed Weintrob
Producer: Tanya Selvaratnam, Adam Brightman
Composer: Roger Neill
Studio: Indican Pictures
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Feb 24, 2004
Reviews for On_Line
A [reasonably] compelling, refreshingly non-judgmental look at the newest phase of one-handed clapping.
An engaging, dig-vid portrait of 21st century disaffection that assays, in a manner that feels emotionally correct if not perfectly arranged, the way the Internet binds us.
Although far-fetched at times, On Line gives us likable enough characters and several laugh out loud moments. Director Jed Weintrob has a distinct visual flair.
A smart, well-made film that treads new ground in the relationship wilderness.
At its heart, On_Line is just an old-fashioned movie about people, relationships and making connections in an isolated world. And in this sense, the movie is very successful.
...a savvy, shrewd commentary on the listless self-absorption of modern computer cocooners.
With a fearlessness for being honest, the situations the characters find themselves in are embarrassing and laugh-out-loud funny.
A fun, insightful and sensuous romp through a world in which few of us have traveled.
The raw sexuality sometimes clangs loudly against the glib comedy, but by the end On_Line makes you love it.
It makes you wonder, is there is a market for soft-porn movies for lonely geeks? Isn't that what computers are for in the first place?
The movie epitomizes the problems inherent in attempting to depict new (and constantly morphing) media -- the inevitable obsolescence, the intangible particularities that resist or get lost in translation.
There's something so familiar and commonplace about this story and its characters -- and maybe that has something to do with how much the Internet is a part of our everyday lives -- it's hard to get particularly thrilled.
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