Fresh
Disconnect turns out to have a complicated view of life in the digital age. Rising to scenes of real intimacy and insight, the movie is stimulating, and, at times, touching.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
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Disconnect
Overview
A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.
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70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Handsomely shot and judiciously edited, the film benefits from a superlative cast ...
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
It's left to the actors to make up for the gaffes, and they're definitely up to the task.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
Even in the heightened awareness of a post- age (and its ), Disconnect is naturally gripping.
Jeannette Catsoulis, NPR
Rotten
Journalists lie, spouses stray and thieves steal, but "Disconnect" keeps trying, unsuccessfully, to pin the blame on technology rather than its users.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
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