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  • 2020
  • Dark Star Pictures
  • 1 h 11 m
  • 2020
  • Dark Star Pictures
  • 1 h 11 m

Summary All over the world, as the technology grows and advances, so does our addiction to our devices. Join filmmaker Jon Hyatt and his family on a journey through the life changing effects of screen addiction, how the tech industry hooked global consumers, and its greater impact on our lives. From smartphones, portable tablets and social media, ...

Directed By: Jon Hyatt

Written By: Karina Rotenstein, Jon Hyatt

  • 2020
  • Dark Star Pictures
  • 1 h 11 m
  • 2020
  • Dark Star Pictures
  • 1 h 11 m

Screened Out

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary All over the world, as the technology grows and advances, so does our addiction to our devices. Join filmmaker Jon Hyatt and his family on a journey through the life changing effects of screen addiction, how the tech industry hooked global consumers, and its greater impact on our lives. From smartphones, portable tablets and social media, ...

Directed By: Jon Hyatt

Written By: Karina Rotenstein, Jon Hyatt

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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75
May 26, 2020
Just because we already sense or know a lot of what is in this film does not mean we won't benefit from hearing it in such urgent and compelling fashion.
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63
May 15, 2020
The jury’s out on that, but not on the growing concern Screened Out scratches the surface of. It may feel incomplete, lacking focus (put the phone back down, Hyatt) and myopic. But it lays out the parameters of the problem, the “social validation feedback loop” of effort, attention and “rewards” that these successful businesses manipulate in ways that are starting to feel insidious and destructive.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
May 28, 2020
If you’re a parent whose screen-time rules have crumbled in lockdown, under no circumstances watch this film until normal service resumes.
By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW
60
May 28, 2020
Why watch Screened Out? Because it shows you something you didn’t know.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
May 26, 2020
Screened Out delivers a convincingly cautionary argument that we're all becoming zombies forgoing human relationships and experiences in favor of our ubiquitous devices.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
May 26, 2020
The film drifts from grown-up to kid problems with mostly anecdotal evidence but very little science to back it up. It tries to cover too much ground in 71 minutes without going deeply into any of the areas it lightly explores.
By Michael Ordoña FULL REVIEW

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Release Date May 26, 2020
Duration 1 h 11 m
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