Disconnect
Connected by technology, cell phones, computers, the internet, the human race has never had it so easy to just reach out and touch each other; yet, somehow, could it be all this technology is actually driving us further apart? This is the study of several families and individuals, how their actions and reactions will impact each other, and how our own intelligence may actually be our own undoing, prompting the need to disconnect. Perhaps for some it may already be too late.
Written by Andrew Stern and Directed by Henry Alex Rubin, Disconnect’s quasi-satirical, pessimistic but also honest outlook serves as a poke in the eye to all of us slaves to Facebook/texting/tweeting/instant messaging and so on. This all in order to show that it’s not the technology we need, but rather each other, a message that starts out quiet enough but comes on heavy handed as we enter the final act of the film. And, a screenplay that’s perhaps a little too convenient in it’s weavings of narrative, still, interesting in concept. Acting from the ensemble feels well developed and true, and the work from Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Paula Patton, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd, Max Thieriot and Jonah Bobo all pays off in the end. A good conversation starter for families and friends alike. Worth it. Disconnect is rated R.