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Jason Bateman is back in a movie where identities are stolen. But this time it's a film with a more serious note. Also, it's a much better film than Identity Thief. Actually, there's not much to compare the two films. The internet is an incredibly powerful weapon. That means it can hurt. In the movie Disconnect, we see three ways in which the internet can cause harm, and all three have quite tragic consequences. This is just the modern world we live in. It doesn't matter how much technology we have. We're always rushing to our doom or pushing someone around. The world around us changes, but the person remains the same. Quite a sad constant that is captured very well in this case. (09/12/2013)

Disconnect is based on stories that were created by the Internet and its negative qualities. I guess we all know what the negatives of the Internet are, but until something happens, we are more than happy to ignore them. Well who can blame us? The Internet isn’t that bad now, is it? Well, just watch this movie and you will see three different stories that can come to pass in relation to the Internet. At the same time, these three stories are intertwined, only to blend into a single story at the end. In reality it’s not as epic as it may look at first sight. It’s simply an absolutely honestly human and ordinary blending of three stories into one. And it’s exactly because this movie doesn’t force things unnecessarily, I cannot but give it a full review of five stars. (03/09/2015)

A solid mosaic of a film. It could have easily become something preachy, in an “internet is awful” kind of way, or shallow emotional blackmail. Fortunately, the directors manage to keep it in check and the film avoids falling into either of those pits, though it balances on the edge in some places. 7/10 (10/09/2013)

Towards the end it plays too much for effect and the slow motion shots are like a fist on the eye, but I still have to give full marks to a film that accurately names the ills of our time of alienation, loss of identity and dependence on the internet; a time of forming virtual relationships through bullshit social networks. No other film in recent memory has made it clearer that the internet is a good servant but an evil master. (21/10/2013)

An incredible underground film that surprises in an unprecedented way. Similar in artfulness to 21 Grams and Crash, with blurred neon shots, intertwined stories, confrontation of main characters, several powerful emotional scenes, and ethereal music. The latter is visually more polished and the former is raw and gritty, but Disconnect has the internet, which takes centre stage. (24/07/2014)