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Men, Women & Children (2014)

Men, Women & Children poster
Directed by
Jason Reitman
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 991 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows several families and teenagers in a Texas suburb as they navigate the impacts of internet addiction and digital culture on their relationships. It explores how online behavior affects parents and their children in different ways.

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What happens

Men, Women & Children is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and co-written with Erin Cressida Wilson, based on a novel of the same name written by Chad Kultgen that deals with online addiction. The film stars Rosemarie DeWitt, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Dean Norris, Adam Sandler, Ansel Elgort, Kaitlyn Dever, and Timothée Chalamet in his film debut. The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2014. The film was released on October 3, 2014, by Paramount Pictures, and received generally negative reviews from critics. The film was a box office bomb, grossing $2.2 million against a $16 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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