Men, Women & Children (film)
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| Directed by | Jason Reitman |
| Produced by | Jason Reitman Helen Estabrook |
| Screenplay by | Jason Reitman Erin Cressida Wilson |
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Men, Women & Children by Chad Kultgen |
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Rosemarie DeWitt Jennifer Garner Judy Greer Dean Norris Adam Sandler |
| Narrated by | Emma Thompson |
| Music by | Bibio |
| Cinematography | Eric Steelberg |
| Edited by | Dana E. Glauberman |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16 million |
| Box office | $2.2 million |
Men, Women & Children is a 2014 American drama film dealing with online addiction. It is directed by Jason Reitman, co-written with Erin Cressida Wilson, based on a novel of the same name written by Chad Kultgen, and starring Rosemarie DeWitt, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Dean Norris, Adam Sandler, Ansel Elgort, and Kaitlyn Dever.
The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2014. The film was released on October 1, 2014, by Paramount Pictures.
The film opens with a narration about the Voyager satellite before proceeding to tell the story of several families and the various ways the internet affects their lives. Donald and Helen Truby are married couple who have become sexually unsatisfied. Their teenage son Chris has been viewing pornography since the age of 10 with his preferences becoming more and more extreme to the point he is unable to become aroused by material deemed "normal" by society. Tim Mooney is a high school student and football star, of which his father Kent is very proud, who has become depressed in the wake of his parents' divorce and abandonment by his mother. He quits the football team and begins to spend all his time playing an MMORPG. He has also come to believe, referencing Carl Sagan's reflections about the Pale Blue Dot, that human life is insignificant in context of the universe. Hanna is a high school girl who wishes to be famous one day. Her mother Joan helps her maintain an online modeling site where she posts inappropriate pictures of herself in lingerie for subscribers who request private photo sessions. Brandy Beltmeyer is a classmate of Tim's who is introverted and has her online content constantly monitored by her overprotective mother Patricia. Unbeknownst to her mother, Brandy has a separate SIM card she switches while away from home and a secret Tumblr account she uses to express herself. Allison Doss is a friend of Hannah's who feels sexually inexperienced compared to Hannah and wishes to have sex with a boy named Brandon Lender. To make herself seem more attractive, she turns to dietary articles online to drastically lose weight.
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