Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

anika-07837 Casey (Maisie William) is any other 16 year old girl, who spends everlasting time on social media .However one night an anonymous  online hacker takes control of everything she assumed she had management of and  torments her to admit 3 things. Whilst appearing to be the worst Cyber- bully, she will ever come across in her lifetime .The short thriller arises moral panic frequently  for example how easy it is for teenagers to hack into anything they desire , when the internet should be safe. As well as the devastation of how one message can accumulate a ridiculous amount of trolls, which then leads on to other matters ...Cyberbully shows hidden messages which brings self reflection to the audience. Overall  I like the fact that it was only 1 hour long  but it was able to bring so much tension between Casey, her speaking screen and yourself .

eggsyglasses 'Cyberbully'is about a teenage girl Casey (played by Maisie Williams) who has her life revolving around social media which later comes back to bite her. The program had a good build up but unfortunately, I was not satisfied at the end as I didn't see the way Maisie's new mindset.This was a really good show which should be watched by many teenagers and young adults who use social media frequently.

bob the moo This short drama was promoted mainly off the attraction of Maisie Williams (she of Game of Thrones fame) and it was the reason I came to it. I wasn't sure quite what the plot was, beyond the title laying out the subject area, and it was a nice surprise to find that it was several things, and because of this, they all worked pretty well. On the face of it we have a drama where two characters communicate across a computer – one of whom we do not see, the other being the main character Casey. This starts slowly, and at first I was struggling with watching characters type to one another, but it got better once the text became voice chat, and the plot started to unfold.Although it has issues that are not really resolved and did bug me a little, mostly the plot works. The elements where I felt I was just being asked to "go with it" were not always perfect, but it is the movement of the viewer within the plot that makes it engaging. Our sympathies change around slightly through the hour – not really twists and turns as such, but it does move well. This working allows the drama to do something else – which is to be a social message too, but to be one in a way that works and doesn't have people turning off because they feel like they are being preached at. It is a fine line at times, but mostly it manages to stay on the right side of it to produce a topical drama which stands as a cautionary tale that makes one thing about the issues.The drama keeps it from being too heavy handed, and shifting the viewer round encourages thought – not only of the drama, but of the subjects, which in turn then helps the social message aspect hit home more effectively. I am old enough not to have had to deal with the internet while at school, but I do feel for those who are born into that because it is so easy to have anonymous people tear at you for the sake of it; people like to label others trolls, but as with this drama, often just the culture of cruel comments and sarcasm from "regular" people is just as damaging.The cast is limited to a handful of people, with Williams being the only person really in it for longer than a few scenes – indeed I don't think she is ever really off the screen since the whole film is in real time and plays out entirely in her bedroom. She is excellent; delivering a lot with her face and really getting into her character – it is not easy to hold the film up in this way, particularly when you are alone and acting at a computer screen, but she does it very well and contributes to making the plot work by virtue of her character. Of the others it is worth mentioning Haruka Abe. Although she only has a few scenes in videos online, she convinces at being cheerful and likable, while also being naïve, but more importantly she sells the change in her pretty well without over playing it; it is a small role but an important one and she does it well. Cyberbully isn't perfect as a drama, but it works better than I expected and moves the viewer around nicely as well as being reasonably gripping. The social aspect benefits from this, as it delivers a thoughtful cautionary tale and advice, but avoids being preachy or alienating – which is a difficult thing to do, so kudos to it for that.

Jackson Booth-Millard I have always heard in the new about cyberbullying, where people are victims of harm or harassment through the internet, especially on social media, this British TV made docu-drama film explored this real life issue, inspired by true cases. Basically the film takes place in real time, during the evening, in the bedroom of seventeen year old teenager Casey (Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams). She is peacefully Skyping her best friend Megan (Ella Purnell), she sees an upsetting tweet from ex-boyfriend Nathan, and with the help of new online friend, computer geek Alex, decides to hack his Twitter account and get revenge, by tweeting a humiliating message about experiencing erectile dysfunction. Casey continues an online conversation with Alex, but as it continues she realises it is not actually him she is talking to, it becomes more evident that it is an older online user than he claims, the hacker can get into all her accounts and devices. The hacker is a sinister avenging angel, claiming to be someone who deals with cyberbullies and accuses Casey of being one, the hacker claims that Casey posted the first bullying online messages about young Asian girl Jennifer Li (Haruka Abe). It started with a YouTube video that went viral of Jennifer not singing in key, the girl wanted to be a singer for a long time, but the hacker claims Casey's hurtful first message resulted in hundreds more following trolling messages from online users, later the hacker reveals that the result was Jennifer's suicide. Casey panics as she tries to work out who the user is, whether being a friend or family of Jennifer Li, and the user threatens to post highly embarrassing nude photographs of her and friends, and harm her father and Megan, if she does not keep her father out of the room and stay online. The hacker wanted three things, for Casey to admit to being a cyberbully, to apologise for being a cause in the death of Jennifer Li, and to choose either death by overdosing on her anti-depressant pills or live with the shame of photo exposure and the loss of her friends. In the end Casey is sure that she has worked out who the hacker is, in fact they were the person who tweeted second to the posting she made, Casey knows her friend believes that photos that the hacker is posting is not being done by her, she knows that the hacker has no power in real life, the hacker realising defeat offers to reveal his/her identity, but she knows they are nothing without her communicating, Casey simply closes her laptop and cuts them off, tearfully calling for her father. Also starring Wilson Haagens as the voice of the Hacker, Jake Davies as Alex, Daisy Waterstone as Tamara and Anthony Shuster as Dad. Williams gives a fantastic performance as the teenager terrified by the unknown online menace who can get to her through any technological way, it is gripping like a thriller and full of tension, the real time setup adds to the suspense and the one location means a good feeling of claustrophobia, it does convince you that things like this really happen online and the consequences that can happen, a brilliant drama. Very good!