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Disconnect received a score of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 79 reviews with an average rating of 6.7/10. The critical consensus states: "It's didactic in spots and melodramatic in others, but Disconnect 's strong cast helps make it a timely, effective exploration of modern society's technological overload". [3]
That's why Disconnect isn't melodrama -- everything is very natural and organic, and emotionally, it all makes sense and is motivated. Melodrama is what people mean when emotion is artificially heightened or bombastic.
Disconnect received a score of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 79 reviews with an average rating of 6.7/10. The critical consensus states: "It's didactic in spots and melodramatic in others, but Disconnect ' s strong cast helps make it a timely, effective exploration of modern society's technological overload". [3]
Movie review of Disconnect (2012) by The Critical Movie Critics | A look at always connected technology and the impact it has on families and society.
- Dan Gunderman
- R
- Henry Alex Rubin
It's didactic in spots and melodramatic in others, but Disconnect's strong cast helps make it a timely, effective exploration of modern society's technological overload. Read Critics Reviews
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- Henry Alex Rubin
- R
- Jason Bateman
Apr 18, 2013 · Some viewers and critics have labeled “Disconnect” an overwrought melodrama whose messages aren’t especially original. However, I would contend that heartfelt emotion – the kind often on display in this film – is not the same as melodrama, and it’s refreshing to see a movie that reflects this quality as well as this one does.
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.
