Disconnect is a 2012 American thriller / drama film starring an ensemble cast, which includes Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton and Alexander Skarsgard.
Disconnect explores the consequences of modern technology and how it affects and defines our daily relationships. Shot with eavesdropped naturalism, it marks the first fiction feature from Henry-Alex Rubin, director of the Oscar-nominated Murderball.
A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. A couple is drawn into a dangerous situation when their secrets are exposed online. 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 in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.
Disconnect Reviews
“The film ominously conveys a world of too much information but too little communication, where people have become slaves to glowing hand-held devices that were designed to make life easier but have made it busier and more complicated.” The New York Times
“Responsible, riveting and intense, it's a film about cybercrime that left me shaking-the movie equivalent of sticking a wet finger into a hot socket.” New York Observer
“.a consistently compelling and surprisingly moving drama that remains a cut above similarly themed fare…” Reel Film Reviews
“Even when Disconnect follows the path we expect it to follow, it does so in a way that keeps us intensely engaged. There wasn't a moment during this movie when I thought about anything other than this movie.” Chicago Sun Times
“Handsomely shot and judiciously edited, the film benefits from a superlative cast..” Washington Post
“Disconnect is tough to watch at times because it cuts so close to the bone. That's also why it's so effective.” Leonard Maltin
“Bateman, in a rare dramatic role, is just tremendous, finding depths of emotion where they're least expected. Disconnect works they same way. Even when it trips on its ambitions, it hits home.” Rolling Stone
“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.” NPR