Web Junkie

Name: Web Junkie
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: August 6, 2014
Duration: 74 min
Rating: 67

2014

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: August 6, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: China is the first country to label “Internet addiction” a clinical disorder. With extraordinary intimacy, Web Junkie investigates a Beijing rehab center where Chinese teenagers are deprogrammed, focusing on three teens, their parents and the health professionals determined to help them kick their habit.

Director: Hilla Medalia and Shosh Shlam

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 74 min

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The Playlist Drew Taylor

Jul 7, 2014

The specificity of the documentary, staying within the walls of the boot camp for virtually the entire movie, is one of its biggest strengths since it is able to place you right alongside these kids. Read full review

Katherine Vu

Aug 5, 2014

The slow (albeit unevenly paced) unveiling of the boys' stories is persuasive and chilling. Read full review

David Hinckley

Jul 15, 2015

China has classified Internet addiction as a clinical disorder, calling it the single most dangerous threat to the health and well-being of Chinese teenagers. That’s a tough superlative to achieve, considering the levels of air and water pollution in China. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Jul 7, 2014

With filmmakers Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia granted extraordinary access to one facility, they make for a bizarre and entertaining documentary. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Aug 7, 2014

Brief and timely, this documentary directed by Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia is also frustrating. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Aug 7, 2014

The film lacks either the immersive intensity that would galvanize emotions or a context that would provide enlightenment. Its brief tour of an unpleasant corner of reality feels less revelatory than voyeuristic. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Aug 6, 2014

It’s clear that these kids have a genuine problem, and a more probing film might have questioned the cultural factors that contribute to it, as well as the efficacy of more or less kidnapping errant youths and trying to coerce them back into productivity. Web Junkie doesn’t do much probing, however. Read full review

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