A fine example of digital filmmaking.
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06/27/03
On_Line (2002)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:15
Rotten:24
Average Rating:4.6/10
Runtime: 86 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Set in Manhattan's cybersex industry, "On_Line" at first appears to be about people getting off without ever touching (if you've never done it you'll learn, from one explosively directed sequence,... [More]
Starring: Josh Hamilton, Harold Perrineau, Vanessa Ferlito, Isabel Gillies
Director: Jed Weintrob
Reviews for On_Line
Top CriticA triumph of formula over substance.
06/27/03
Actually admits that human beings think about sex. A lot.
06/27/03
...a savvy, shrewd commentary on the listless self-absorption of modern computer cocooners.
06/27/03
An engaging, dig-vid portrait of 21st century disaffection that assays, in a manner that feels emotionally correct if not perfectly arranged, the way the Internet binds us.
06/27/03
Structurally innovative, if not terribly insightful, look at sex in the digital age.
06/27/03
While On Line pretends to be about cyber sex ... it's really about sitcom situations and cyber-schmaltz.
06/27/03
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?
06/27/03
Watching On_Line is a dispiriting experience that leaves you with a nagging 'Is that all there is?' feeling about sex in general.
06/27/03
Top CriticWriter-director Jed Weintrob is so busy trying to make important statements about human relationships in the cyber age that he loses control of his whiny, unlikable characters.
06/27/03
This would-be erotic thriller suffers from the same problem that afflicts so many computer-oriented movies -- namely, that watching characters staring at a screen and typing hardly makes for a thrilling cinematic experience.
06/27/03
Top CriticIt's really just about a bunch of pathetic losers whiling away the hours with their hands jammed down their pants.
06/26/03
If On_Line fails as a narrative, at least it can purport to be the first movie showing foreplay-to-climax sex chat masturbation sequences.
06/26/03
What lingers here is great sadness for a lost Atari generation.
06/26/03
The movie epitomizes the problems inherent in attempting to depict new (and constantly morphing) media -- the inevitable obsolescence, the intangible particularities that resist or get lost in translation.
06/24/03
Any film with Hamilton is worth a watch, just for that.
03/10/03
A smart, well-made film that treads new ground in the relationship wilderness.
02/12/03
The raw sexuality sometimes clangs loudly against the glib comedy, but by the end On_Line makes you love it.
12/08/02
The same old 'people are lonely' whining, only with new technology.
09/18/02
A fun, insightful and sensuous romp through a world in which few of us have traveled.
03/01/02
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