Chatroom (2010)

A group of teenagers encourage each other's bad behavior in a chatroom "Chelsea Teens!".

Director:

Hideo Nakata

Writers:

Enda Walsh (play), Enda Walsh (screenplay)

Stars:

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Imogen Poots, Matthew Beard

Cast

Credited cast:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson	...	William (as Aaron Johnson)
Imogen Poots	...	Eva
Matthew Beard	...	Jim
Hannah Murray	...	Emily
Daniel Kaluuya	...	Mo
Megan Dodds	...	Grace
Michelle Fairley	...	Rosie
Nicholas Gleaves	...	Paul
Jacob Anderson	...	Si
Tuppence Middleton	...	Candy
Ophelia Lovibond	...	Charlotte
Richard Madden	...	Ripley
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matthew Ashforde	...	Jim's Father
Dorothy Atkinson	...	Emily's Mother
Greg Bennett	...	Police Constable

Storyline

A group of teenagers encourage each other's bad behavior in a chatroom "Chelsea Teens!".

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Plot Keywords:

crying | mental depression | psychopath | self harm | one word title | 

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Taglines:

Control. Alter. Delete.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent content, some sexual material and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [jp] Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 December 2010 (UK)

Also Known As:

Chat - A Sala Negra

Filming Locations:

Camden Lock, Chalk Farm Road, Camden, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ruby Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[last lines]
William: Now!

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Soundtracks

"Animal"
(Mark Ronson remix)
Performed by Miike Snow
Written by Pontus Winnberg (as Winnberg), Christian Karlsson (as Karlsson), Andrew Wyatt (as Blakemore) & Henry Jonback (as Jonback)
Published by Downtown Music LLC, Copyright Control, and Universal Music Publishing
(P) 2009 Miike Snow under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

User Reviews

A Novel Idea But Doesn't Deliver

The concept of Chatroom is a really good idea: five teenagers join an online chatroom and the film portrays their conversations as if they are happening in the real world, in a physical room. I can see, with quite a bit of rewriting, this working as a very engaging stage adaption. However, this film doesn't deliver on the goods. If I could make some decisions here I would have kept the entire film surrealistic, keeping every scene in the virtual world instead of flashing back and forth from the online fantasy into the real world where the kids are typing into their laptops or phones. That would have taken quite a bit of more talent to write, however, as we'd have to stay engaged with a conversation in a My Dinner With Andre sort of way. Also, two of the characters are extremely neglected and their subplots are never carried through to fruition. I also have a hard time believing, even in the virtual world of the internet, that the villain here could actually manipulate everyone so easily without anyone really objecting. It would have been in that objection, in the passion of that debate, that this movie could have found its true energy. But unfortunately it relies too heavily on every parent's paranoid nightmare of the internet leading to suicide or a sexual predator. There are some novel ideas here but unfortunately this film does not realize the potential of those ideas.