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Movie Info

Tech experts sound the alarm on the dangerous human impact of social networking.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Disturbing/Violent Images|Suggestive Material|Some Thematic Elements)
  • Genre:
    drama, documentary
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Jeff Orlowski
  • Producer:
    Larissa Rhodes
  • Writer:
    Davis Coombe, Jeff Orlowski, Vickie Curtis
  • Release Date (Streaming):
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  • Production Co:
    Agent Pictures, The Space Program, Exposure Labs

Cast & Crew

Randy Fernando
Tristan Harris
Jeff Seibert
Bailey Richardson
Joe Toscano
Sandy Parakilas
Jeff Orlowski
Director
Davis Coombe
Writer
Jeff Orlowski
Writer
Vickie Curtis
Writer
Hallee Adelman
Executive Producer
Jill Ahrens
Executive Producer
Ryan Ahrens
Executive Producer
David J. Cornfield
Executive Producer
Larissa Rhodes
Producer
John Behrens
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All Critics (63) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (54) | Rotten (9)

  • The film reveals much more than why you go from Googling the best sofa one minute to finding sofa ads on your Facebook stream the next.

    October 30, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

    Mark Kennedy

    Associated Press

  • As The Social Dilemma shows, entertainers are in no rush to hold us, or themselves, accountable.

    October 9, 2020 | Full Review…

    Elizabeth Pankova

    The New Republic

  • For many of us, the concept of algorithms is hard to grasp, but this documentary-drama hybrid is imaginative and effective in showing how they work as Silicon Valley veterans unpack many of the myriad horrors they helped create.

    September 30, 2020 | Full Review…

    Brad Newsome

    Sydney Morning Herald

  • It asks fundamental and existential questions about whether we are literally writing (with code) ourselves out of the ability to make vital decisions.

    September 15, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Nell Minow

    RogerEbert.com

  • What the film tells us doesn't constitute breaking news, but its value lies in pulling together some alarming if abstract concepts into a genuinely scary whole.

    September 10, 2020 | Full Review…

    Joe Morgenstern

    Wall Street Journal

  • Jeff Orlowski's "The Social Dilemma" may be the most important documentary you see this year.

    September 10, 2020 | Full Review…

    Kevin Crust

    Los Angeles Times
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