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''Disconnect'' is a 2012 drama directed by Henry Alex Rubin starring Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard and Creator/MichaelNyqvist. A with three [[HyperlinkStory interconnecting stories]], Nina Dunham, Jason and his friend Frye, and Derek and Cindy all go through their own misadventures while dealing with the negative consequences of modern communication technology.
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''Disconnect'' is a 2012 drama directed by Henry Alex Rubin starring Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard and Creator/MichaelNyqvist. A film with three [[HyperlinkStory interconnecting stories]], Nina Dunham, Jason and his friend Frye, and Derek and Cindy all go through their own misadventures while dealing with the negative consequences of modern communication technology.
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''Disconnect'' is a 2012 drama directed by Henry Alex Rubin starring Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard and Creator/MichaelNyqvist. The film explores how people experience the negative sides of modern communication technology by following three [[HyperlinkStory interconnecting stories]].
Up-and-coming reporter Nina has much success with her interview with underage video chat-room stripper Kyle. Kyle works in a whole "house" with other chat-room strippers under his boss, Harvey. However, the FBI wants her to reveal his address in order to shut down the whole website that hosts the web-rooms. Since she has paid him in order to make initial contact, she may have broken the law, making the police and her boss put pressure on her to cooperate. Nina wants to save him from the business, yet fears losing his trust in the process. Kyle gives her the address, and somehow, Harvey is tipped off and the entire house flees. When Nina discovers this, she follows them to the motel where they're staying, and asks Kyle to leave with her. At first, Kyle is hopeful for the future and willing, but when Nina is hesitant to guarantee him safe haven in her home, he resists. Harvey watches the argument, then slaps Nina. The entire group of chat-room strippers leaves.
Two boys, Jason and his friend Frye, impersonate a girl, "Jessica Rhony", on Facebook Messenger and convince teenager Ben (the son of Rich, a legal counsel at the TV station where Nina works) to send a lewd picture of himself. The boys distribute it to classmates, and the picture circulates to nearly everyone in their grade. Ben is so embarrassed by this cyberbullying that he attempts suicide and ends up in a coma. Rich doggedly searches Ben's social media, looking for answers, and begins chatting with "Jessica." Jason visits Ben in the hospital, where he meets Rich, and falsely calls himself Mike. Jason's father (the real Mike) discovers what Jason has been doing and becomes very angry with him. However, he protects his son by erasing the evidence on Frye's iPad. Later, Rich discovers that Jason is actually "Jessica," and goes to Mike's house angrily, resulting in a physical altercation. Jason tries to intervene, and Rich hits him with a hockey stick.
Cindy and Derek, a couple who recently lost their child, struggle after their identities are stolen online. They hire private detective Mike, Jason's father, to find the thief, and after revealing that Cindy had been regularly chatting on a support group website, Mike determines their burglar. They go after the suspect, Stephen Schumacher, following him at work, watching his movements, and breaking into his home for evidence. Right before Derek goes to confront him at his front door, Mike calls to tell him that Schumacher is not their guy, that he too was a victim of the burglar. Schumacher, who had been noticing Cindy and Derek stalking him, confronts them in their car with a shotgun; however, Derek, a former Marine, disarms him and forces him back into his house. Cindy is able to coax the gun away, relating to the online chats about each of their losses.
The film ends with none of the stories being resolved, and yet, with all characters having grown closer to the ones they love in the process, or rather, having stopped "disconnecting."
Up-and-coming reporter Nina has much success with her interview with underage video chat-room stripper Kyle. Kyle works in a whole "house" with other chat-room strippers under his boss, Harvey. However, the FBI wants her to reveal his address in order to shut down the whole website that hosts the web-rooms. Since she has paid him in order to make initial contact, she may have broken the law, making the police and her boss put pressure on her to cooperate. Nina wants to save him from the business, yet fears losing his trust in the process. Kyle gives her the address, and somehow, Harvey is tipped off and the entire house flees. When Nina discovers this, she follows them to the motel where they're staying, and asks Kyle to leave with her. At first, Kyle is hopeful for the future and willing, but when Nina is hesitant to guarantee him safe haven in her home, he resists. Harvey watches the argument, then slaps Nina. The entire group of chat-room strippers leaves.
Two boys, Jason and his friend Frye, impersonate a girl, "Jessica Rhony", on Facebook Messenger and convince teenager Ben (the son of Rich, a legal counsel at the TV station where Nina works) to send a lewd picture of himself. The boys distribute it to classmates, and the picture circulates to nearly everyone in their grade. Ben is so embarrassed by this cyberbullying that he attempts suicide and ends up in a coma. Rich doggedly searches Ben's social media, looking for answers, and begins chatting with "Jessica." Jason visits Ben in the hospital, where he meets Rich, and falsely calls himself Mike. Jason's father (the real Mike) discovers what Jason has been doing and becomes very angry with him. However, he protects his son by erasing the evidence on Frye's iPad. Later, Rich discovers that Jason is actually "Jessica," and goes to Mike's house angrily, resulting in a physical altercation. Jason tries to intervene, and Rich hits him with a hockey stick.
Cindy and Derek, a couple who recently lost their child, struggle after their identities are stolen online. They hire private detective Mike, Jason's father, to find the thief, and after revealing that Cindy had been regularly chatting on a support group website, Mike determines their burglar. They go after the suspect, Stephen Schumacher, following him at work, watching his movements, and breaking into his home for evidence. Right before Derek goes to confront him at his front door, Mike calls to tell him that Schumacher is not their guy, that he too was a victim of the burglar. Schumacher, who had been noticing Cindy and Derek stalking him, confronts them in their car with a shotgun; however, Derek, a former Marine, disarms him and forces him back into his house. Cindy is able to coax the gun away, relating to the online chats about each of their losses.
The film ends with none of the stories being resolved, and yet, with all characters having grown closer to the ones they love in the process, or rather, having stopped "disconnecting."
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''Disconnect'' is a 2012 drama directed by Henry Alex Rubin starring Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard and Creator/MichaelNyqvist. The film explores how people experience the negative sides of modern communication technology by following A with three [[HyperlinkStory interconnecting stories]].
Up-and-coming reporterstories]], Nina has much success with her interview with underage video chat-room stripper Kyle. Kyle works in a whole "house" with other chat-room strippers under his boss, Harvey. However, the FBI wants her to reveal his address in order to shut down the whole website that hosts the web-rooms. Since she has paid him in order to make initial contact, she may have broken the law, making the police and her boss put pressure on her to cooperate. Nina wants to save him from the business, yet fears losing his trust in the process. Kyle gives her the address, and somehow, Harvey is tipped off and the entire house flees. When Nina discovers this, she follows them to the motel where they're staying, and asks Kyle to leave with her. At first, Kyle is hopeful for the future and willing, but when Nina is hesitant to guarantee him safe haven in her home, he resists. Harvey watches the argument, then slaps Nina. The entire group of chat-room strippers leaves.
Two boys,Dunham, Jason and his friend Frye, impersonate a girl, "Jessica Rhony", on Facebook Messenger and convince teenager Ben (the son of Rich, a legal counsel at the TV station where Nina works) to send a lewd picture of himself. The boys distribute it to classmates, and the picture circulates to nearly everyone in their grade. Ben is so embarrassed by this cyberbullying that he attempts suicide and ends up in a coma. Rich doggedly searches Ben's social media, looking for answers, and begins chatting with "Jessica." Jason visits Ben in the hospital, where he meets Rich, and falsely calls himself Mike. Jason's father (the real Mike) discovers what Jason has been doing and becomes very angry with him. However, he protects his son by erasing the evidence on Frye's iPad. Later, Rich discovers that Jason is actually "Jessica," and goes to Mike's house angrily, resulting in a physical altercation. Jason tries to intervene, and Rich hits him with a hockey stick.
Cindy and Derek, a couple who recently lost their child, struggle after their identities are stolen online. They hire private detective Mike, Jason's father, to find the thief, and after revealing that Cindy had been regularly chatting on a support group website, Mike determines their burglar. They go after the suspect, Stephen Schumacher, following him at work, watching his movements, and breaking into his home for evidence. Right before Derek goes to confront him at his front door, Mike calls to tell him that Schumacher is not their guy, that he too was a victim of the burglar. Schumacher, who had been noticing Cindyand Derek stalking him, confronts them in and Cindy all go through their car own misadventures while dealing with a shotgun; however, Derek, a former Marine, disarms him and forces him back into his house. Cindy is able to coax the gun away, relating to the online chats about each negative consequences of their losses.
The film ends with none of the stories being resolved, and yet, with all characters having grown closer to the ones they love in the process, or rather, having stopped "disconnecting."
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Cindy and Derek, a couple who recently lost their child, struggle after their identities are stolen online. They hire private detective Mike, Jason's father, to find the thief, and after revealing that Cindy had been regularly chatting on a support group website, Mike determines their burglar. They go after the suspect, Stephen Schumacher, following him at work, watching his movements, and breaking into his home for evidence. Right before Derek goes to confront him at his front door, Mike calls to tell him that Schumacher is not their guy, that he too was a victim of the burglar. Schumacher, who had been noticing Cindy
The film ends with none of the stories being resolved, and yet, with all characters having grown closer to the ones they love in the process, or rather, having stopped "disconnecting."
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* SocialMediaIsBad: The film tells three interconnected social media stories, all about how it's difficult to incorporate your social media presence with your "disconnected" offline life. The stories tackle themes like cyberbullying, identity fraud, screen addiction, and cam strippers.
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* ParallelPornTitles: Cindy jokingly suggests ''[[Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn Children of the Cornhole]]'' upon which her husband responds with ''[[Film/TermsOfEndearment Sperms of Endearment]]''.
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* ParallelPornTitles: Cindy jokingly suggests ''[[Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn ''[[Literature/ChildrenOfTheCorn Children of the Cornhole]]'' upon which her husband responds with ''[[Film/TermsOfEndearment Sperms of Endearment]]''.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: An early scene establishes Jason and Frye as scrupulous pranksters when they make a bodybuilder at the local gym drink an isotonic beverage with their piss in it.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: An early scene establishes Jason and Frye as scrupulous pranksters [[ThePrankster pranksters]] when they make a bodybuilder at the local gym drink an isotonic beverage with their piss in it.
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* MarriedToTheJob: Jason Bateman's life circles around his job which he only becomes aware of when his estranged son tries to commit suicide.
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* MarriedToTheJob: Jason Bateman's life circles around his job which he only becomes aware of when his estranged son tries to commit suicide.
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* MissingMom: Jason mentions that he suffers from the loss of his mother.
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* CircleOfShame: Ben unwittingly walks down the corridor of his school while everyone is looking at him. It's only after he sees the photo on a cellphone that he realises what's going on.
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Jason is taken aback by what happened and goes to visit Ben at the hospital.
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Jason is taken aback by what happened and goes to visit Ben at the hospital.
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* DeadlyPrank: Jason and Frye's prank on Ben takes a dark turn when the latter hangs himself in shame over what happened.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: An early scene establishes Jason and Frye as scrupulous pranksters when they make a bodybuilder at the local gym drink an isotonic beverage with their piss in it.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Jason and Frye distributing the pic of Ben naked takes an unexpected turn.
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* HyperlinkStory: There are three stories playing out [[TwoLinesNoWaiting parallely]] with Rich Boyd connecting to Nina's plot in his profession as a lawyer and Mike Dixon connecting to Cindy and Derek Hull's story by being their private detective.
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* HyperlinkStory: There are three stories playing out [[TwoLinesNoWaiting parallely]] in parallel]] with Rich Boyd connecting to Nina's plot in his profession as a lawyer and Mike Dixon connecting to Cindy and Derek Hull's story by being their private detective.
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* IntrepidReporter: Nancy, investigating a case of minors being employed in the CamWhore industry.
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* SpitefulSpit: Ben's sister spits on her friend's face when it turns out the latter doesn't care a bit about her situation.
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* SpitefulSpit: Ben's sister spits on her friend's face when it turns out the latter doesn't care a bit about her situation. Leads to a moment of StunnedSilence.
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* GIRL: Ben gets trolled hard by Jason and Frye who use a fake online account under the name of "Jessica Rhony" to win his trust and reveal intimate details about himself.
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* EatingLunchAlone: Despite what he writes in his chat message to Jessica, Ben is seen eating his lunch at school all alone.
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Two boys, Jason and his friend Frye, impersonate a girl, "Jessica Rhony," on Facebook Messenger and convince teenager Ben (the son of Rich, a legal counsel at the TV station where Nina works) to send a lewd picture of himself. The boys distribute it to classmates, and the picture circulates to nearly everyone in their grade. Ben is so embarrassed by this cyberbullying that he attempts suicide and ends up in a coma. Rich doggedly searches Ben's social media, looking for answers, and begins chatting with "Jessica." Jason visits Ben in the hospital, where he meets Rich, and falsely calls himself Mike. Jason's father (the real Mike) discovers what Jason has been doing and becomes very angry with him. However, he protects his son by erasing the evidence on Frye's iPad. Later, Rich discovers that Jason is actually "Jessica," and goes to Mike's house angrily, resulting in a physical altercation. Jason tries to intervene, and Rich hits him with a hockey stick.
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Two boys, Jason and his friend Frye, impersonate a girl, "Jessica Rhony," Rhony", on Facebook Messenger and convince teenager Ben (the son of Rich, a legal counsel at the TV station where Nina works) to send a lewd picture of himself. The boys distribute it to classmates, and the picture circulates to nearly everyone in their grade. Ben is so embarrassed by this cyberbullying that he attempts suicide and ends up in a coma. Rich doggedly searches Ben's social media, looking for answers, and begins chatting with "Jessica." Jason visits Ben in the hospital, where he meets Rich, and falsely calls himself Mike. Jason's father (the real Mike) discovers what Jason has been doing and becomes very angry with him. However, he protects his son by erasing the evidence on Frye's iPad. Later, Rich discovers that Jason is actually "Jessica," and goes to Mike's house angrily, resulting in a physical altercation. Jason tries to intervene, and Rich hits him with a hockey stick.
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* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: Ben learns this fact the hard way.
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''Disconnect'' is a 2012 drama film directed by Henry Alex Rubin starring Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard and Creator/MichaelNyqvist. The film explores how people experience the negative sides of modern communication technology by following three [[HyperlinkStory interconnecting stories]].
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kyle gives one to Nina at the end, pointing out that she is the one exploiting people and not his boss Harvey.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Harvey smacks Nina hard.
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''Disconnect'' is a 2012 drama film directed by Henry Alex Rubin starring Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard and Creator/MichaelNyqvist. The film explores how people experience the negative sides of modern communication technology by following three [[HyperlinkStory interconnecting stories]].
Up-and-coming reporter Nina has much success with her interview with underage video chat-room stripper Kyle. Kyle works in a whole "house" with other chat-room strippers under his boss, Harvey. However, the FBI wants her to reveal his address in order to shut down the whole website that hosts the web-rooms. Since she has paid him in order to make initial contact, she may have broken the law, making the police and her boss put pressure on her to cooperate. Nina wants to save him from the business, yet fears losing his trust in the process. Kyle gives her the address, and somehow, Harvey is tipped off and the entire house flees. When Nina discovers this, she follows them to the motel where they're staying, and asks Kyle to leave with her. At first, Kyle is hopeful for the future and willing, but when Nina is hesitant to guarantee him safe haven in her home, he resists. Harvey watches the argument, then slaps Nina. The entire group of chat-room strippers leaves.
Two boys, Jason and his friend Frye, impersonate a girl, "Jessica Rhony," on Facebook Messenger and convince teenager Ben (the son of Rich, a legal counsel at the TV station where Nina works) to send a lewd picture of himself. The boys distribute it to classmates, and the picture circulates to nearly everyone in their grade. Ben is so embarrassed by this cyberbullying that he attempts suicide and ends up in a coma. Rich doggedly searches Ben's social media, looking for answers, and begins chatting with "Jessica." Jason visits Ben in the hospital, where he meets Rich, and falsely calls himself Mike. Jason's father (the real Mike) discovers what Jason has been doing and becomes very angry with him. However, he protects his son by erasing the evidence on Frye's iPad. Later, Rich discovers that Jason is actually "Jessica," and goes to Mike's house angrily, resulting in a physical altercation. Jason tries to intervene, and Rich hits him with a hockey stick.
Cindy and Derek, a couple who recently lost their child, struggle after their identities are stolen online. They hire private detective Mike, Jason's father, to find the thief, and after revealing that Cindy had been regularly chatting on a support group website, Mike determines their burglar. They go after the suspect, Stephen Schumacher, following him at work, watching his movements, and breaking into his home for evidence. Right before Derek goes to confront him at his front door, Mike calls to tell him that Schumacher is not their guy, that he too was a victim of the burglar. Schumacher, who had been noticing Cindy and Derek stalking him, confronts them in their car with a shotgun; however, Derek, a former Marine, disarms him and forces him back into his house. Cindy is able to coax the gun away, relating to the online chats about each of their losses.
The film ends with none of the stories being resolved, and yet, with all characters having grown closer to the ones they love in the process, or rather, having stopped "disconnecting."
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Bateman's character gets all worked up about the fake chat account, his wife asks him if that would help anything to make Ben wake up upon which there is a long silence.
* BlowingSmokeRings: Kyle is able to produce smoke rings.
* BungledSuicide: Kind of. Ben tries to hang himself in his room but his sister intervenes. [[spoiler:He then goes into coma and it's not clear by the end if he'll ever wake up again.]]
* DiegeticSwitch: When Ben's father starts listening to his son's home recording, the cover song of Max Richter's "On the Nature of Daylight" fades to the real song playing on the soundtrack.
* DrivenToSuicide: The nude pic of himself distributed across the school drives Ben to commit suicide.
* EatingLunchAlone: Despite what he writes in his chat message to Jessica, Ben is seen eating his lunch at school all alone.
* FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss: Kyle smacks Nina on the butt when he comes to visit her in her apartment.
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Ben is a loner who wears headphones to isolate himself from the outside world.
* HyperlinkStory: There are three stories playing out [[TwoLinesNoWaiting parallely]] with Rich Boyd connecting to Nina's plot in his profession as a lawyer and Mike Dixon connecting to Cindy and Derek Hull's story by being their private detective.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Jason promises his father that he did not play with his tablet, only for the tablet to give off a ping indicating that he must have been active on it.
* ParallelPornTitles: Cindy jokingly suggests ''[[Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn Children of the Cornhole]]'' upon which her husband responds with ''[[Film/TermsOfEndearment Sperms of Endearment]]''.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Cindy's online password was her birthday which made it easy for the hacker to get access to her data.
* PlatonicProstitution: Nina only wants to talk to Kyle and not watch him jerk off. Justified as she is actually investigating for a story.
* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: Jason and Frye never heard of Ben's favorite band Music/SigurRos indicating how culturally disconnected they are from another.
* PopUpTexting: In order for the audience to follow the chat conversations, some of its content is displayed as on screen text.
* RippedFromThePhoneBook: Ben's father rips the page with Jason's picture from the school's year book for later use.
* SpitefulSpit: Ben's sister spits on her friend's face when it turns out the latter doesn't care a bit about her situation.
* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: Ben learns this fact the hard way.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Jason and Frye distributing the pic of Ben naked takes an unexpected turn.
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''Disconnect'' is a 2012 drama film directed by Henry Alex Rubin starring Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard and Creator/MichaelNyqvist. The film explores how people experience the negative sides of modern communication technology by following three [[HyperlinkStory interconnecting stories]].
Up-and-coming reporter Nina has much success with her interview with underage video chat-room stripper Kyle. Kyle works in a whole "house" with other chat-room strippers under his boss, Harvey. However, the FBI wants her to reveal his address in order to shut down the whole website that hosts the web-rooms. Since she has paid him in order to make initial contact, she may have broken the law, making the police and her boss put pressure on her to cooperate. Nina wants to save him from the business, yet fears losing his trust in the process. Kyle gives her the address, and somehow, Harvey is tipped off and the entire house flees. When Nina discovers this, she follows them to the motel where they're staying, and asks Kyle to leave with her. At first, Kyle is hopeful for the future and willing, but when Nina is hesitant to guarantee him safe haven in her home, he resists. Harvey watches the argument, then slaps Nina. The entire group of chat-room strippers leaves.
Two boys, Jason and his friend Frye, impersonate a girl, "Jessica Rhony," on Facebook Messenger and convince teenager Ben (the son of Rich, a legal counsel at the TV station where Nina works) to send a lewd picture of himself. The boys distribute it to classmates, and the picture circulates to nearly everyone in their grade. Ben is so embarrassed by this cyberbullying that he attempts suicide and ends up in a coma. Rich doggedly searches Ben's social media, looking for answers, and begins chatting with "Jessica." Jason visits Ben in the hospital, where he meets Rich, and falsely calls himself Mike. Jason's father (the real Mike) discovers what Jason has been doing and becomes very angry with him. However, he protects his son by erasing the evidence on Frye's iPad. Later, Rich discovers that Jason is actually "Jessica," and goes to Mike's house angrily, resulting in a physical altercation. Jason tries to intervene, and Rich hits him with a hockey stick.
Cindy and Derek, a couple who recently lost their child, struggle after their identities are stolen online. They hire private detective Mike, Jason's father, to find the thief, and after revealing that Cindy had been regularly chatting on a support group website, Mike determines their burglar. They go after the suspect, Stephen Schumacher, following him at work, watching his movements, and breaking into his home for evidence. Right before Derek goes to confront him at his front door, Mike calls to tell him that Schumacher is not their guy, that he too was a victim of the burglar. Schumacher, who had been noticing Cindy and Derek stalking him, confronts them in their car with a shotgun; however, Derek, a former Marine, disarms him and forces him back into his house. Cindy is able to coax the gun away, relating to the online chats about each of their losses.
The film ends with none of the stories being resolved, and yet, with all characters having grown closer to the ones they love in the process, or rather, having stopped "disconnecting."
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Bateman's character gets all worked up about the fake chat account, his wife asks him if that would help anything to make Ben wake up upon which there is a long silence.
* BlowingSmokeRings: Kyle is able to produce smoke rings.
* BungledSuicide: Kind of. Ben tries to hang himself in his room but his sister intervenes. [[spoiler:He then goes into coma and it's not clear by the end if he'll ever wake up again.]]
* DiegeticSwitch: When Ben's father starts listening to his son's home recording, the cover song of Max Richter's "On the Nature of Daylight" fades to the real song playing on the soundtrack.
* DrivenToSuicide: The nude pic of himself distributed across the school drives Ben to commit suicide.
* EatingLunchAlone: Despite what he writes in his chat message to Jessica, Ben is seen eating his lunch at school all alone.
* FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss: Kyle smacks Nina on the butt when he comes to visit her in her apartment.
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Ben is a loner who wears headphones to isolate himself from the outside world.
* HyperlinkStory: There are three stories playing out [[TwoLinesNoWaiting parallely]] with Rich Boyd connecting to Nina's plot in his profession as a lawyer and Mike Dixon connecting to Cindy and Derek Hull's story by being their private detective.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Jason promises his father that he did not play with his tablet, only for the tablet to give off a ping indicating that he must have been active on it.
* ParallelPornTitles: Cindy jokingly suggests ''[[Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn Children of the Cornhole]]'' upon which her husband responds with ''[[Film/TermsOfEndearment Sperms of Endearment]]''.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Cindy's online password was her birthday which made it easy for the hacker to get access to her data.
* PlatonicProstitution: Nina only wants to talk to Kyle and not watch him jerk off. Justified as she is actually investigating for a story.
* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: Jason and Frye never heard of Ben's favorite band Music/SigurRos indicating how culturally disconnected they are from another.
* PopUpTexting: In order for the audience to follow the chat conversations, some of its content is displayed as on screen text.
* RippedFromThePhoneBook: Ben's father rips the page with Jason's picture from the school's year book for later use.
* SpitefulSpit: Ben's sister spits on her friend's face when it turns out the latter doesn't care a bit about her situation.
* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: Ben learns this fact the hard way.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Jason and Frye distributing the pic of Ben naked takes an unexpected turn.
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