Critic Reviews

• Bill Muller, Arizona Republic

  Amateurish drivel, which is headed for Skinemax in a hurry.

• John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

  The youthful cast is lively enough to make the enterprise almost work, presenting a time capsule of cyber- communication that should be more interesting 20 years from now.

• Janice Page, Boston Globe

  Weintrob's stylish visuals mimic Web technologies, which succeed in making his characters seem all the more removed from reality. Now if someone would find a way to equip theater seats with a 'delete' key, we could be rid of them completely.

• Desson Thomson, Washington Post

  There's something so familiar and commonplace about this story and its characters -- and maybe that has something to do with how much the Internet is a part of our everyday lives -- it's hard to get particularly thrilled.

• Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

  It does a good job of portraying the day-to-day life of these online obsessives, but we realize eventually that they are more interesting because they are online.

• Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune

  If you like scenes of characters sticking hands down their pants, this is the film for you.

• Andrew Wright, Portland Mercury

  A [reasonably] compelling, refreshingly non-judgmental look at the newest phase of one-handed clapping.

• Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

  Although far-fetched at times, On Line gives us likable enough characters and several laugh out loud moments. Director Jed Weintrob has a distinct visual flair.

• Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views

  With a fearlessness for being honest, the situations the characters find themselves in are embarrassing and laugh-out-loud funny.

• Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News

  A 90-minute hairy-palm horror show, one that will strike terror into the heart of anyone who shares a keyboard with a lonely, Web-crazed roommate.

• Brandon Judell, PopcornQ

  A pleasant, small comedy that will have you smiling.

• Doris Toumarkine, Film Journal International

  Doomed by Weintrob's passion for the Web, his passionless characters are little more than manipulated 'bots' -- and audiences, absenting possible hipster appeal, may vote more zeroes than ones for this digital tale.

• Laine Ewen, Premiere Magazine

  At its heart, On_Line is just an old-fashioned movie about people, relationships and making connections in an isolated world. And in this sense, the movie is very successful.

• Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly

  A triumph of formula over substance.

• Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner

  Actually admits that human beings think about sex. A lot.

• Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWire

  ...a savvy, shrewd commentary on the listless self-absorption of modern computer cocooners.

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