A youth becomes a victim of cyberbullying in one of three tales centered around the impact of the Internet on people's lives.
Release Date: April 12th, 2013
DVD Release Date: September 17th, 2013
R |1 hr 55 min
Plot SummaryA youth becomes a victim of cyberbullying in one of three tales centered around the impact of the Internet on people's lives.
Cast: Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgård, Max Thieriot
Director: Henry Alex Rubin
Genres: Drama
Production Co: Wonderful Films
Keywords: Transformation, Family, Emotional, 2010s, Intense
Disconnect is naturally gripping. Using unforgiving closeups, Rubin pokes into unexpected corners— not least the different ways in which men and women respond to calamity — and never forces his story's social-media scares to improbable heights. show more
Disconnect is an Eleanor Rigby movie. Look at all the lonely people. A "Crash" for the Internet age, Alex Henry Rubin's topical opus swoops down like an alien spaceship to investigate a disparate group of Earthlings living in close proximity in the suburbs of New York City. show more
The structure is sheer contrivance — three narratives intricately interlocked — while the plot amounts to a convenience store of variably credible, or borderline incredible, strands. Yet the film is impressive all the same. show more
