Greg Timmermans, Laura Verlinden, Maarten Claeyssens
Ben is different and his life is a universe all unto itself. He has Asperger Syndrome, a mild form of autism that prevents normal communication, and while he is a courageous hero—Ben X—in the fantasy ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 10, 2009
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March 13, 2009The MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) genre has been a widespread phenomenon since it's first incarnations in the early 90's. Millions of people worldwide log onto their favorite game, from "Second Life" to "World of Warcraft", and interact with other avatar...( read more)
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December 31, 2008Minor dutch 'issue' drama on autism and its social impact. The bullying is portrayed with suitable zeal and the lead's distorted grip on reality lends itself well to the computer game context. The twist is obvious and a little unnecessary but overall it makes a worthy effort.
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August 6, 2009Captivating from the beginning to the unexpected twist ending. The acting was very good, as well as, the technicals apects.
Sad and compelling story and very accurate. The movie brings forth a quite realistic view of school youth and their cruelty. Secondly, it also represents th...( read more) -
August 8, 2009Captivating from the beginning to the unexpected twist ending, the acting was very good as well as the technicals aspects.
sad and compelling story and very accurate, the movie brings fourth a quite realistic view of school youth and their cruetly, secondly it's also represents ...( read more) -
August 1, 2009I watched the beginning of this movie and I like the style and the idea of representing his life through the game that he played, but it was just to slow to keep watching. Add in the fact that I was missing things visually because I had to "read" the movie and it was getting rath...( read more)
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July 29, 2009Enjoyable& interesting theme& effects. Finally they use CGI in appropriate way.
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July 28, 2009Doesn't really have much to say after its initial statements and falls into a repetitive cycle of samey camera tricks which tire quickly.
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July 2, 2009Good story (playing with what you expect), and good aproach (trying to get into the character´s mind) to a difficult problem very hard to solve.
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