Chatroom

Chatroom (2010)

  • 10% of critics liked it
    (21 reviews)

  • 33% of users liked it
    (3,455 ratings)

In an online world, who's controlling who? When strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new OChelsea Teens! chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath the surface lies a much darker truth. William is a dangerous loner, a… More

R, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
Hideo Nakata
Written By
Enda Walsh
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
On DVD
Jun 14, 2011

Critic Reviews

  • Philip French, Guardian [UK]

    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.

  • Alistair Harkness, Scotsman

    Nakata - here making his English language debut - fails to drum up much in the way of tension from the plot's hoky attempt to exploit fears about the existence of online suicide clubs.

  • Sukhdev Sandhu, Daily Telegraph

    Pantomimic dialogue, stagey sets and underwritten characters render this instantly obsolescent.

  • David Edwards, Daily Mirror [UK]

    A movie of utter, unspeakable, hideous awfulness. A movie that makes you want to prise open your brain and scoop out all memory of having watched it.

  • Charlotte O'Sullivan, This is London

    Director Hideo "The Ring" Nakata never connects with the script (by Enda Walsh, adapting from his own play).

Read all 17 critic reviews

Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com

Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)

Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)

Featured Audience Ratings

  • ♥˩ƳИИ &


    Cast: Aaron Johnson, Imogen Poots, Matthew Beard, Hannah Murray, Daniel Kaluuya, Megan Dodds, Michelle Fairley, Nicholas Gleaves, Jacob Anderson, Ophelia Lovibond Director: Hideo Nakata Summary: Five teenage chat buddies engage in a deadly game of cat and mouse as charismatic… More

  • Unknown H


    I cannot remember how I found this unrated piece of British film but I am very happy I did. It was without a doubt one of the most reftreshing original takes on internet culture I have ever seen. Beautifully shot and with a cast of relativley unknown teens (or so they are supposed to… More

  • Jason R


    Everybody seems to not like this movie, but I have to say I thought the story was solid. This movie is kinda shocking in some aspect because the main character is some misguided and severely disturbed teenager. Who uses an online chat-room to lure in four potential victims into this… More