Disconnect is brilliantly acted and staggeringly emotional, and it leaves you feeling guilty for every text, email, and Facebook post made after viewing.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 6, 2022

Disconnect has suspense, grace and ultimately a sense of connection, all of which make it worth seeing.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 26, 2019

Disconnect offers an important message... But it's not the full story of the power of the Internet.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 19, 2018

Rubin's sturdy and spell-binding techno-tale pertaining to stunted communication involving the diminished human touch is so timely in today's world bombarded by social media

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 17, 2018

If vignettes merely support a thesis, the audience is disinclined to care about the people in them. Instead of being entertained, we're lectured to. Who wants that?

| Apr 5, 2017

Reefer Madness with smartphones.

| May 12, 2015

Disconnect succeeds most when it's pulling at the heartstrings.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 18, 2014

Stern's screenplay touches a nerve-the audience is nodding their heads at the outset of each of the stories and Rubin's excellent cast perfectly embody these familiar, everyday characters whose lives are suddenly upended.

| Jun 27, 2014

Disconnect turns out to have a complicated view of life in the digital age. Rising to scenes of real intimacy and insight, the movie is stimulating, and, at times, touching.

| Original Score: B | Mar 3, 2014

Disconnect is to social networking what Requiem For A Dream was to drug addiction.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 30, 2013

Disconnect is disturbing and haunting, but most of all, it's an immensely compelling and taut thriller.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Sep 22, 2013

While "Disconnect" may not offer anything new to the argument against the overuse of technology, it remains a well-made film with strong performances from the entire cast.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 16, 2013

...long after Rubin's absorbing menu of issues intersect in a sparkling and unpredictable climax, his film likely will leave you thinking about much of what you've witnessed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 17, 2013

A powerful tale about the dangers of spending a lifetime online or losing one's self to online fantasies or ideals.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 30, 2013

There are some powerful moments, and the film remains edgy and compelling for about an hour before its interlocking structure becomes more constricting and heavy-handed.

| Jun 12, 2013

Tries to plug in to real emotions, but the parts are more powerful than the whole

| May 26, 2013

If a movie could have facial features, 'Disconnect' would wear a furrowed brow and earnest, worried eyes.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 10, 2013

A dark but powerful cautionary tale that benefits from strong performances from a talented cast.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 10, 2013

It doesn't all work -- and it sometimes feels like a much smarter take on Paul Haggis' Crash -- but enough of it works to make it a worthwhile film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2013

There's no way to see this film and not be concerned each time an electronic device is used. That kind of visceral reaction is what makes the film so disturbingly brilliant.

| Original Score: A | May 2, 2013