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RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Ryan Jafri I'm not quite sure what to make of this film to be honest. Connie Nielsen, Gershon, and Sevigny gave good performances. However, that's not enough is it? The plot was very convoluted and hard to grasp. It was corporate espionage within the porn industry. Which could have been very interesting if the direction was executed properly. But that wasn't the issue as much as the script was. Towards the end there were one too many 'back stabbings" to keep track of, and I wasn't sure who was responsible for what. Gershon's character seemed to have disappeared and another main character did as well with no explanation, at least that's my take on it. I did like the downer ending though, that was a nice touch.The cinematography was beautiful at many points in the film and the score from Sonic Youth fit in very well with the vibe of the film. Back to the cinematography for a second, I couldn't enjoy it as much I should have since the DVD I viewed it on (region 1 - USA) had a very poor transfer. The image was very pix-elated. Did the production company or distribution company not care enough to do the DVD encoding properly? Anyway, I tried my best to enjoy this film but I could not. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Apologies to everyone that worked very hard on this project.

Thomas Gill I hung in there and watched this movie beginning to end ( 120 minutes ). And it was hard to do. But I love Chloë Sevigny as an actress and she alone kept me watching. Following the storyline was very difficult. Lots of amoral business folk and that sort of thing. But the film did have good visuals and a fast pace, with scenes in Tokoyo, Paris and even Mexico. French, English and Japanese were spoken back and forth thru the film, making it even more confusing. More disturbing is that we may be at a point where torture on the internet may capture lucrative business. Where does depravity end? Will people do anything for money?To summarize, given another chance, I wished I would have chosen a different movie to watch today.

Ottilia Much has been said about this film in other high-rated user review that need not be repeated here. Assayas has obviously seen a whole number of Hong Kong movies as this is nothing less than a French HK thriller. The themes may have been a bit old and trite even as the film came out ("You don't have that in France yet, right" as the Americans remark at one point) but there's always a trade-off to be made between elitism and populism. Certain media events concerning real torture that shape our perception now had not transpired either, and even the fictional internet doesn't appear totally made-up yet.Contrary to what some reviewers thought, the plot didn't have any holes that I noticed. In the second half (after the fight with HK style near-deadly deception) the pace merely accelerates and showing every step of the development would have been even more populist. In the end, as HK cinema fans know very well, the dark decisions and desires of the human soul let everything go to hell.The cinematography is faultless, and the actors - especially the main anti-heroine - express everything in a very non-extreme but nonetheless crystal-clear way. This is a great film that does not overstep the boundaries of entertainment, as there are really no explicit scenes to be seen, yet it leaves a very strong message about the life people are creating (or rather destroying) through their decisions and actions.

Claudio Carvalho "Demonlover" has an intriguing and interesting beginning, with betrayals in a corporation that is disputing a porn Manga site with a competitor. All the characters are "bad guys", and their motives are basically one: dirty money. The first hour of this movie is attractive and original, without clichés, and due to the lack of development of the characters, I was curious to know where the screenplay was going. The next thirty minutes becomes absolutely boring. However, the last thirty-nine minutes is pointless and confused, with lots of plot points, making the story completely disconnected and too long. A friend of mine recommended this movie, but in the end I was totally disappointed. My vote is four.Title (Brazil): "Espionagem na Rede" ("Espionage in the Net")