The story here is sheer cringe, given the machine that produced it. It's absolutely basic "Yay, freedom, don't trust the System, man, don't trust the Corporations, man, the Corporations, they're are all Corporatey..."
Then the very same hypocrites who conceived, wrote, and starred in this will turn their other face and InstaTweet every moment of their brand-name consumer lives using their iPhones, and cheer-lead every fear-and-obey order issued to them by the State, just as long as the puppet that they prefer is fronting it, without a shred of self awareness or discomfort.
It shouldn't fool a child, and yet it does, over and over again. Mainstream commercialised compliant rebellion sells, and that's what's being peddled here.
As a production, it's decent enough, carried by a strong performance by Annalise Basso, only playing 4 years younger than her real age, not yet quite creepy. Contrast with the 29 year old Alice Lee pretending to be 16. Maura Tierney chews the scenery as the stereotypical rebel mom that we're supposed to identify with, and the rest of the cast are just irrelevant bit parters who aren't given real characters.
The pacing, cinematography and editing are decent enough, it's just in the appallingly clumsy premise that it falls flat, and doesn't recover it with anything like a fresh, original or honest twist.
Then the very same hypocrites who conceived, wrote, and starred in this will turn their other face and InstaTweet every moment of their brand-name consumer lives using their iPhones, and cheer-lead every fear-and-obey order issued to them by the State, just as long as the puppet that they prefer is fronting it, without a shred of self awareness or discomfort.
It shouldn't fool a child, and yet it does, over and over again. Mainstream commercialised compliant rebellion sells, and that's what's being peddled here.
As a production, it's decent enough, carried by a strong performance by Annalise Basso, only playing 4 years younger than her real age, not yet quite creepy. Contrast with the 29 year old Alice Lee pretending to be 16. Maura Tierney chews the scenery as the stereotypical rebel mom that we're supposed to identify with, and the rest of the cast are just irrelevant bit parters who aren't given real characters.
The pacing, cinematography and editing are decent enough, it's just in the appallingly clumsy premise that it falls flat, and doesn't recover it with anything like a fresh, original or honest twist.