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Disconnect

(2012)
At some point I must have seen a trailer for this film that impressed me, as I dropped it in my Netflix queue (yes, I still get the discs), but I dont recall what, and when I popped the disc in I expected to see some minor star I like featured in a smaller role. But no, no clue as to what compelled me to rent this. Nonetheless Im glad I did. Disconnect is one of those interwoven stories with a large cast that only tenuously connects, like Traffic or Babel; most of the names arent that well known, the only large-ish star is Jason Bateman, who plays a lawyer named Rich who is too tied up in his job. The focus of the movie is on our internet obsession, and we bounce back and forth from Bateman to his withdrawn son Ben (Jonah Bobo, looking for all the world like a younger, slimmer Michael Angarano), to an internet stripper (Max Theirot) who makes his living by charging customers for private sessions to the reporter (Andread Riseborough) who initially encounters him after a few glasses of wine and who becomes much more involved in his life to a couple, Cindy and Derek (Paula Patton and Alexander Skarsgard) whose secrets from one another are revealed when their identity is stolen, to an excop (Frank Grillo) who specializes in identity thefts and his son Jason (Colin Ford), who perpetrates a hoax on another student that goes way too far. The stories are complex and collide rather than overlap, but all of the characters are well cast, well-realized, and flawed. The central theme is that the anonymity of the internet can be a tempting morsel, but the shockwaves it can send through reality can be devastating. When Ben tries to hang himself in shame at being the object of Jasons cruel scheme, most of his family rallies around his bedside at the hospital, even though hes in a coma. But Rich uncovers the text-relationship he had with a (fake) girl named Jessica, and he begins a dialogue with her who is really Jason. Theres an interesting question of just what is reality; Cindy and Derek have lost a baby, and when he becomes withdrawn, she confides in a friend in an internet support group, who later turns out to be a suspect in their identity fraud case. The film offers up no easy answers to the questions it poses, even when the false reality of the internet is stripped away by external reality. The acting across the board is superb; everyones really strong, and while some characters and plotlines appealed to me more than others (naturally), all of them held my interest. I had to allay some skepticism that every character in the film lives in the same city; thats fine for the high school kids, but the support group confidant and the sex worker could have been based anywhere, and it stretches credulity that theyre all so conveniently located. But thats a minor logical nit in an otherwise captivating story. I was pleased also that the story offers no pat and easy answers; Derek and Cindy are told the recovery of their identity and their money could take months, and while Rich tracks down Jason, and there is a confrontation, there is no feel-good happy ending. Bad things happen, people get hurt, life goes on. The movies never

preachy about the effects of over-indulgence of the internet and the anonymity it provides; its more interested in telling a compelling story than making a point, though it does both equally well. This ones definitely worth your time. September 22, 2013

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