An episode of Skins or the Inbetweeners has far more insight into the young psyche than any moment in Chatroom, which veers into thriller territory with predictable results.
Definitely zeigeisty but short on thrills.
As an attempt to riff on current concerns about cyber-bullying, it’s laughably simplistic.
It isn't worth the effort.
Muddled thriller is probably about five years too late.
Pantomimic dialogue, stagey sets and underwritten characters render this instantly obsolescent.
The film finally fizzles into feeble melodrama, with all the power of an old episode of Grange Hill.
A movie of utter, unspeakable, hideous awfulness.
Unfortunately this adaptation of Enda Walsh's 2005 stage play persists with its dated concept and further alienates itself from anything approaching credibility with a literal recreation of the chatroom environment as a series of interconnected rooms decked out in the kind of character-defining décor that makes subtle writing and good acting unnecessary.
Unfortunately the scenes set in the real world (the locations include Camden Lock and the London Zoo) are stilted and unconvincing, while those in the chatrooms become increasingly tedious.
Hideo Nakata, the Japanese horror-meister who made his name with the original Ring, falls steeply from grace with this dismal squib about malefaction on the internet.
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General release. Check local listings for show times.