Review of Men, Women & Children (2014) by Brett H — 20 Dec 2014

A timely subject matter that I feel only scratches the surface of the struggles with privacy and identity on the internet, and pales miserably in comparison with a similar film, Disconnect. The cast is universally excellent, with Dean Norris and Judy Greer being the best, but it's very easy to get an ensemble cast like this together in little segments, so it's nothing new.

The usual brilliance and thought-provoking statements are sorely missing from this Jason Reitman entry and most, if not all, of the conflicts in the film have been done before and say nothing original.

The subject matter is ugly but the film thankfully never comes across preachy or damns the technology of today. The film's biggest strength is its acting and many will be surprised to see Adam Sandler in a film like this, because many forget that he can be dramatic and quite good at it too! In many ways this film is inferior to the punchy and riveting film, Disconnect, but it's still watchable and had I not had anything to compare it to, I may have thought more highly of this.