36
Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA fine example of digital filmmaking, and Weintrob and his co-writer, Andrew Osborne, manage to raise some serious issues regarding the Internet without taking themselves too seriously.
- 63PremiereLaine EwenPremiereLaine EwenThe movie falls flat at the end, unnecessarily linking all of the characters in what seems to be an attempt to show how it really is a small world after all.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanWeintrob's shallow analysis of virtual reality might have been more resonant in the mid-'90s, but he seems well aware that some things are timeless: By the end of his film, he has firmly shifted focus, concentrating far less on the cyber than on the sex.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe film's redeeming feature is that it knows how sad these people are, and finds the correct solution to their problems: They meet in the flesh.
- 50Boston GlobeJanice PageBoston GlobeJanice PageWeintrob's stylish visuals mimic Web technologies, which succeed in making his characters seem all the more removed from reality. Now if someone would find a way to equip theater seats with a ''delete'' key, we could be rid of them completely.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenActed with enough zest by its cast to give these not especially endearing people a poignant human dimension.
- 30L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyAs the characters mix and mingle, pouring out their tales of woe online and fumbling real-life connections, Weintrob leaves no cliché unturned in getting to root causes of behavior.
- 25New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannIt's really just about a bunch of pathetic losers whiling away the hours with their hands jammed down their pants.
- 20Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThere's something so familiar and commonplace about this story and its characters...it's hard to get particularly thrilled.