I caught this on TV and had a worrying feeling it was going to be dripping with teen angst or rave on about the evils of the internet. It didn't. In affect this is a simple character study wrapped in an extremely well shot premise.
The young people (not really kids) meet one day in a chat room, become friends and you can see trouble is not far away.
The difference between their real and on-line persona's are dealt with very professionally and subtly. The colour in the online world is slightly warmer and the characters more openly expressive. It must have been very tempting to use avatars or shoot the physical world in black and white, or something equally as trashy.
This vein of restraint runs through the whole film, nobody goes all 'Hostel' or hacks into the Pentagon. The plot is solid and fairly believable. A lot of weight is put on the acting, and the cast deliver without a fault.
Well shot, well scripted, well acted, well lit. No preaching, no moaning, no action. I enjoyed it.
The young people (not really kids) meet one day in a chat room, become friends and you can see trouble is not far away.
The difference between their real and on-line persona's are dealt with very professionally and subtly. The colour in the online world is slightly warmer and the characters more openly expressive. It must have been very tempting to use avatars or shoot the physical world in black and white, or something equally as trashy.
This vein of restraint runs through the whole film, nobody goes all 'Hostel' or hacks into the Pentagon. The plot is solid and fairly believable. A lot of weight is put on the acting, and the cast deliver without a fault.
Well shot, well scripted, well acted, well lit. No preaching, no moaning, no action. I enjoyed it.