In Real Life
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In Real Life
[ Vendetta Films / DVD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 25 March 2015
R16 No Notes
In Real Life asks what exactly is the internet and what is it doing to our children? Taking us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, filmmaker Beeban Kidron suggests that rather than the promise of free and open connectivity, young people are increasingly ensnared in a commercial world. Beguiling and glittering on the outside, it can be alienating and addictive. Quietly building its case, In Real Life asks if we can afford to stand by while our children, trapped in their 24/7 connectivity, are being outsourced to the net?
RP16 Sexual material, offensive language & content that may disturb.
"Beeban Kidron's documentary offers a worried parent's guide to the captivating power of the internet. It's not exactly balanced or even methodical, but it is a compelling and moving piece of filmmaking, spiked with remarkable candour from its teenage subjects. A life peer since 2012, Baroness Kidron is a patron of children's charities. She's primarily a feature director (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason) and InRealLife resembles a feature in its expressive mise-en-scène and its lively emotional intelligence. By interviewing teenage cyber-addicts, consulting divergent media experts and tracking vast stacks and tangles of cable to show us what 'the cloud' actually looks like, she builds up a picture of the internet as a dark realm where predators lurk. But not all the babes in these woods are wolf fodder, and for one pair of lonely surfers tracked by her cameras there's a happy ending such as no previous generation ever knew." - NZIFF
