Disconnect

Apr 12, 2013

1h 56m

★ 7.1

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Overview

A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Lionsgate

Exclusive Media

Wonderful Films PLC

LD Entertainment

Disconnect Trailers

Cast

Rich Boyd

Jason Bateman

Lydia Boyd

Hope Davis

Mike Dixon

Frank Grillo

Stephen Schumacher

Michael Nyqvist

Cindy Hull

Paula Patton

Nina Dunham

Andrea Riseborough

Derek Hull

Alexander Skarsgård

Kyle

Max Thieriot

Jason Dixon

Colin Ford

Ben Boyd

Jonah Bobo

Abby Boyd

Haley Ramm

Peter

Norbert Leo Butz

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