Screened Out

Name: Screened Out
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 26, 2020
Duration: 71 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Adam Alter, Alex Pang, Alicia Dupuis, David Sax, Dimitri Christakis

2020

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Dark Star Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): May 26, 2020 | NR

Starring: Adam Alter, Alex Pang, Alicia Dupuis, David Sax, Dimitri Christakis, Edwin Tubb, Genevieve Roy Holmes, Hilarie Cash, Jean Twenge, Jim Benz, Jim Steyer, Jon Hyatt, Lisa Guenrsey, Lisa Pont, Mark Danner, Melanie Hempe, Michael Rich, Nicholas Kardaras, Nir Eyal, Ramsay Brown, Syd Bolton

Summary: All over the world, as the technology grows and advances, so does our addiction to our devices. Join ﬁlmmaker Jon Hyatt and his family on a journey through the life changing eﬀects of screen addiction, how the tech industry hooked global consumers, and its greater impact on our lives. From smartphones, portable tablets and social media, theAll over the world, as the technology grows and advances, so does our addiction to our devices. Join ﬁlmmaker Jon Hyatt and his family on a journey through the life changing eﬀects of screen addiction, how the tech industry hooked global consumers, and its greater impact on our lives. From smartphones, portable tablets and social media, the tech industry has designed these fun immersive technologies, but are they good for us? Are we too dependent on our devices? What keeps us hooked and how is it impacting our children and the world as a whole?… Expand

Director: Jon Hyatt

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: NR

Runtime: 71 min

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RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

May 26, 2020

Just because we already sense or know a lot of what is in this film does not mean we won't benefit from hearing it in such urgent and compelling fashion. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 15, 2020

The jury’s out on that, but not on the growing concern Screened Out scratches the surface of. It may feel incomplete, lacking focus (put the phone back down, Hyatt) and myopic. But it lays out the parameters of the problem, the “social validation feedback loop” of effort, attention and “rewards” that these successful businesses manipulate in ways that are starting to feel insidious and destructive. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

May 28, 2020

Why watch Screened Out? Because it shows you something you didn’t know. Read full review

The Guardian Cath Clarke

May 28, 2020

If you’re a parent whose screen-time rules have crumbled in lockdown, under no circumstances watch this film until normal service resumes. Read full review

Frank Scheck

May 26, 2020

Screened Out delivers a convincingly cautionary argument that we're all becoming zombies forgoing human relationships and experiences in favor of our ubiquitous devices. Read full review

Michael Ordoña

May 26, 2020

The film drifts from grown-up to kid problems with mostly anecdotal evidence but very little science to back it up. It tries to cover too much ground in 71 minutes without going deeply into any of the areas it lightly explores. Read full review

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