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2014
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 14 m

2014
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 14 m

Summary China is the first country to label “Internet addiction” a clinical disorder. With extraordinary intimacy, Web Junkie investigates a Beijing rehab center where Chinese teenagers are deprogrammed, focusing on three teens, their parents and the health professionals determined to help them kick their habit.

Directed By: Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam

Written By: Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam

2014
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 14 m

2014
Not Rated
Kino Lorber
1 h 14 m

Web Junkie

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews

67

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings

5.4

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Summary China is the first country to label “Internet addiction” a clinical disorder. With extraordinary intimacy, Web Junkie investigates a Beijing rehab center where Chinese teenagers are deprogrammed, focusing on three teens, their parents and the health professionals determined to help them kick their habit.

Directed By: Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam

Written By: Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam

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Top Cast

Ran Tao

Self - Addiction Specialist; Director of Daxing camp, Beijing Military Hospital

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews

67% Positive
8 Reviews

33% Mixed
4 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews

67% Positive
8 Reviews

33% Mixed
4 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Jul 7, 2014

The specificity of the documentary, staying within the walls of the boot camp for virtually the entire movie, is one of its biggest strengths since it is able to place you right alongside these kids.

By Drew Taylor FULL REVIEW

Aug 5, 2014

The slow (albeit unevenly paced) unveiling of the boys' stories is persuasive and chilling.

By Katherine Vu FULL REVIEW

Jul 7, 2014

Web Junkie is a little sad, a little funny and a little scary. I'd say that I wish it had been a little more provocative.

The Hollywood Reporter

Jul 7, 2014

Filmmakers Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia probe this phenomenon, jarring viewers with an inside look at one of these “reform” centers, as well as shedding light on the mindset of these Internet “addicts.”

By Duane Byrge FULL REVIEW

Aug 7, 2014

Brief and timely, this documentary directed by Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia is also frustrating.

By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW

Aug 5, 2014

Shlam and Medalia haven’t constructed the film particularly artfully—it’s sluggishly paced, and the two boys at its center aren’t vividly drawn—but Web Junkie is a case where the access is so unexpected and revelatory that it’s a wonder just to have the footage.

By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

Aug 6, 2014

It’s clear that these kids have a genuine problem, and a more probing film might have questioned the cultural factors that contribute to it, as well as the efficacy of more or less kidnapping errant youths and trying to coerce them back into productivity. Web Junkie doesn’t do much probing, however.

By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings

40% Positive
2 Ratings

20% Mixed
1 Rating

40% Negative
2 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings

40% Positive
2 Ratings

20% Mixed
1 Rating

40% Negative
2 Ratings

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Details

Production Company Chicken And Egg Pictures, Impact Partners, Medalia Productions, New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television, Shlam Productions, Warrior Poets, Yes Docu, kNow Productions

Release Date Aug 6, 2014

Duration 1 h 14 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Tagline China is the first country to label Internet addiction a clinical disorder. Web Junkie exposes a Beijing rehab center where Chinese teenagers are being "deprogrammed".

Website http://medaliaproductions.com/portfolio-item/web-junkie/

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Awards

Sundance Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Hong Kong International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

• 1 Nomination

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