Disconnect

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Movie
German title Disconnect
Original title Disconnect
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2012
length 115 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Henry Alex Rubin
script Andrew Stern
production Mickey Liddel ,
William Horberg ,
Jennifer Hilton
music Max Richter
camera Ken Seng
cut Lee Percy
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Disconnect is an American film drama from the year 2012 . The film is told in several episodes, all of which deal with the topic of the Internet and the dangers associated with it.

action

In the first episode, reporter Nina Dunham discovers a website on which young people undress for money. She engages one of the teenagers, Kyle, in a conversation and gets him to interview her about the site and house where Kyle works with others. When Kyle and the much older Dunham get closer, she feels guilty and wants to get him out of the house. The FBI wants to storm the house, but Harvey - chief of the youth - finds out and drives away with them. Dunham wants to drive away at a motel, but Kyle has lost his trust in her and when Harvey hits Dunham, Kyle follows him and Dunham lies on the ground with tears in his eyes.

Another episode is about friends Jason and Frye, who create a fake profile of a "Jessica Rhony" in order to make fun of the underdog Ben from their school. Both Jason and Ben have distanced themselves from their parents and feel alone. After writing with Ben for a while, the friends send him a fake erotic photo. Ben, believing he was writing with a real Jessica, sent back a nude photo of himself. Jason and Frye send it to the students at the school, whereupon Ben tries to take his own life. When Rich, Ben's father, finds out that Jessica is Jason, he goes to Jason and his father, furious. However, after a fight between the fathers, Rich goes back to his wife and daughter, who are sitting at Ben's hospital bed hoping he will wake up.

Cindy and Derek are a couple who drifted apart after their child died. Cindy is chatting about intimate things with a stranger, and Derek plays online gambling sites. When someone finally steals their bank details through their internet activities and steals all of their money, they look for the culprit together. In the search, they hire private detective Mike (Jason's father), among others. When the guilty party can apparently be found but not arrested, the two drive to the alleged perpetrator's apartment. There it turns out that the man is the stranger Cindy wrote with, but not the perpetrator. Derek lets go of him at Cindy's request and the two embrace, as they have come closer again through the search.

criticism

The reviews were mostly positive. In rotten tomatoes , the film received 68% positive reviews, at IMDB the film got an average rating of 7.6. The FAZ website writes about the film:

“Against the lie of digital freedom: With 'Disconnect', the political criticism of Internet ideology reaches Hollywood cinema. The film shows how the connection mania strains the community. "

- Dietmar Dath : FAZ.net

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Disconnect . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2013 (PDF; test number: 142 210 K).
  2. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/disconnect_2013/