Unfriended : Movie Review


Unfriended (2014)  - Movie Poster"Unfriended" is a film about the here and now, and not in an obnoxious, too-cute, pop-culture-filled, flash-in-the-pan kind of way. Instead, in its snapshot of the pressures of social media and the cruelties and lies that have the ability to destroy lives, it is a stirringly accurate time capsule of teenagehood in the second decade of the twenty-first century. When seemingly protected by the anonymity of a computer screen, kids can be mean and callous, not considering the sheer gravity of their actions. It is this exceedingly timely notion that lies within the bitter, mournful soul of director Levan Gabriadze and screenwriter Nelson Greaves' riveting slice of cautionary horror.

What the movie lacks in subtlety it makes up for it with its auspicious filmmaking feat, every frame captured via Blaire Lily's (Shelley Hennig) online POV. On the one-year anniversary of friend Laura Barns' (Heather Sossaman) tragic suicide, Blaire is flirting with boyfriend Mitch (Moses Jacob Storm) and group-Skyping with pals Jess (Renee Olstead), Adam (Will Peltz), Ken (Jacob Wysocki) and Val (Courtney Halverson) when she receives a Facebook Messenger text from Laura's locked account. She thinks it is an elaborate prank, but as this mysterious Internet phantom proceeds to infect all of their computers, they are thrust into a nightmarish life-or-death game designed to turn these supposedly tight-knit besties against each other. Before the evening is over, unforgivable secrets will be revealed and survivors will be in short supply.


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Author : Dustin Putman, TheFilmFile.com.