“Disconnect” a Heavy-Handed Look at Serious Problems

“Heavy-Handed Look at Serious Problems”

“Hotshots” looks at a movie!

Disconnect has three separate, but connected stories about the serious problems that can be the result of today’s activities with the Internet, computers, and smart phones.

One of the stories ends in a tragedy.

The first story is about a lonely teenage boy who is tricked into thinking that he is communicating with a girl who is interested in him when in fact two other boys in his school are behind the deception.

The second story is about a television reporter who is researching a story about teenage runaways, but ends up interviewing a teenager who performs on an Internet porn site.

And the third story is about a couple who are having marital problems to begin with, and then they discover that they are the victims of identity theft, and all of their credit cards are maxed out.

Some of the characters are connected to only one story, some of the characters are connected to two stories, and at least one of the characters is connected to all three stories.

So, in essence, the three stories are disjointed, but interconnected.

And a key point in solving one of the mysteries in one of the stories is when a character texts, “We didn’t mean for this to happen.”

The only actors of note in the movie are Jason Bateman, wearing an uncharacteristic beard, and Hope Davis, who plays his wife.

Now, although an ad for the movie claims that one critic calls it “The Best Film of the Year,” you might think differently when you see how the serious subjects of the film are handled.

In other words, the filmmakers would have done well to have remembered “A little discretion goes a long way.”

Also, be aware that the movie contains nudity and violence, but neither one is exploited.

However, the movie does point out how extensive social media is being used in today’s society, how it can get out of hand, and how destructive some of those results can be to innocent, unsuspecting victims.

Although the movie does single out one person as being a villain in the circumstances making up one of the stories, most of the characters are victims of the situations, either because of intent or accident.

Disconnect is a heavy-handed look at serious problems that can lead to coincidental, interesting, and devastating results.

I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”