On_Line
Indican Pictures | Release Date: June 27, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
6
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70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A 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. Read full review
63
PremiereLaine Ewen
The 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. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Weintrob's background in interactive media keeps the film's technology unusually current, but his predictable tongue-clucking over Internet relationships places him squarely in the Luddite camp. Read full review
60
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
There's nothing unconventional or daring about On_Line, but considering how cheap it undoubtedly was to make, the acting, writing and direction all stand up pretty well; this is more intelligent and better structured than at least half the Hollywood movies I see. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Weintrob'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. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The film is hardly profound, but the form perfectly fits the content.. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The 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. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJanice Page
Weintrob'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. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Acted with enough zest by its cast to give these not especially endearing people a poignant human dimension. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Faces the same problem of all sex-themed films, in that cinematic sex is often unsexy. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
As 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. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Most of the action in this 2001 indie drama takes place on computer screens, with grainy faces framed by sharp little boxes; the 21st-century conceit is topical enough but the characters and their problems couldn't be more stale. Read full review
25
New York PostMegan Lehmann
It's really just about a bunch of pathetic losers whiling away the hours with their hands jammed down their pants. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
There's something so familiar and commonplace about this story and its characters...it's hard to get particularly thrilled. Read full review
20
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Indifferently written, passably acted, resourcefully shot in video with enlivening splashes of local color. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleC.W. Nevius
Listless, self-absorbed slackers stare into computer monitors, groan about their lives and moan during cyber sex in On_Line. It makes you wonder, is there is a market for soft-porn movies for lonely geeks? Isn't that what computers are for in the first place? Read full review
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