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CONNECTED: AN AUTOBLOGOGRAPHY ABOUT LOVE, DEATH & TECHNOLOGYMovie Reviews
Documentary about what it means to be connected in the 21st century. Cast:Tiffany Shlain, Leonard ShlainDirector:Tiffany ShlainRelease Date:September 16, 2011DVD Release:September 28, 2012From:PaladinRating:PGLength:1 hr. 22 min.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology, Fair Reviews (Doc) Limited
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology played in limited release to fair reviews. • Jeff Shannon wrote in the Seattle Times, "Shlain struggles to find the thread that connects her father, her upbringing and her own playful curiosity to the complexities of life in the age of texting, tweeting and apps..." • And John Anderson wrote in Daily Variety, "Deep it's not." More Reviews Below...
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology Positive Reviews (9 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (4 Reviews)
Paul Brunick, New York Times: FAIR "...spits out more references and audiovisual material than any one person can manage. What's missing is a compelling synthesis and clear through line."(See all of Paul Brunick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 345 words, 10/14/11
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Fast-paced and slickly edited... also so dizzyingly jammed with animated and archival imagery that it often feels more like a fancy art project than a feature documentary..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 235 words, 09/30/11
Nick Schager, Village Voice: FAIR "Like Shlain's hand-written diagram in which lines twist and knot while linking various subjects, the film resembles not a coherent thesis but a tangle of semi-related ideas."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 206 words, 10/12/11
KEY CITIES (2 Reviews)
Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "Your heart will go out to Shlain, who clearly adored her father. But other parts of 'Connected' may remind you of an Al Gore lecture."(See all of Walter Addiego's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 259 words, 09/16/11
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Shlain struggles to find the thread that connects her father, her upbringing and her own playful curiosity to the complexities of life in the age of texting, tweeting and apps..."(See all of Jeff Shannon's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 275 words, 10/07/11
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)
Nick Schager, Village Voice: FAIR "Like Shlain's hand-written diagram in which lines twist and knot while linking various subjects, the film resembles not a coherent thesis but a tangle of semi-related ideas."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 206 words, 10/12/11
Diego Costa, Slant: POOR(cg) "...the insatiable desire to consume is blamed singlehandedly on the development on one side of the brain as opposed to the other. Ideology what?"(See all of Diego Costa's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 556 words, 09/29/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Paul Brunick, New York Times: FAIR "...spits out more references and audiovisual material than any one person can manage. What's missing is a compelling synthesis and clear through line."(See all of Paul Brunick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 345 words, 10/14/11
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Fast-paced and slickly edited... also so dizzyingly jammed with animated and archival imagery that it often feels more like a fancy art project than a feature documentary..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 235 words, 09/30/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
John Anderson, Daily Variety: WEAK "...too self-indulgent and rife with banal observations.... Schlain's perception of what constitutes new ideas of 'connectedness' seems tortured into being.... Deep it's not."(See all of John Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 374 words, 01/22/11
James Greenberg, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...the work of a nimble mind... leads to the not terribly earth-shattering conclusion that every decision we make affects everyone around us in the world."(See all of James Greenberg's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 743 words, 01/28/11
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Fast-paced and slickly edited... also so dizzyingly jammed with animated and archival imagery that it often feels more like a fancy art project than a feature documentary..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 235 words, 09/30/11
Paul Brunick, New York Times: FAIR "...spits out more references and audiovisual material than any one person can manage. What's missing is a compelling synthesis and clear through line."(See all of Paul Brunick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 345 words, 10/14/11
18.8 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology's reviews are separated by an average 18.8 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology's reviews cover 9.6% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 3,170 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 352 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology Coverage, Volume & Length (9 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 3 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology's reviews on average broke 3 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology (9 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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