Chatroom is the latest movie from Ring director Hideo Nakata, but is it any good?
Billed as the anti-social online grid,Chatroomis, sadly, just anti-social.
Instead, it is just a truly terrible film that somehow manages to waste all the talent involved.
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The problems are these.
This is a refreshing change to the high-tech sophistication common to most other pieces dealing with this subject matter.
In many cases this is a complete lack of subtlety.
Because you know, hes like the devil now… yawn.
Because shes vain and self-obsessed, obviously.
The script also suffers from being an adaptation of an original stage play.
For a cast this stuffed with obvious talent, it is a real shame.
There are also some bizarre plot points never entirely developed or dealt with effectively.
I dont want to spoil them here, but there are things that just seem to make little sense.
They jar with the tone of the rest of the movie, and only serve to aggravate the viewer.
And as for the films depiction of this depression, it is sadly another area where it falls short.
The kids cut themselves, use medication, and see suicide as the ultimate end point.
They are moody and anti-social, but just come across as that, without any underlying issue.
Rating:
1 out of 5
