Filmmaker John Hyatt talks to kids, parents and experts about the impact and chilling consequences of constant smartphone screen time in today's world.... (Full plot summary below)
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Filmmaker John Hyatt talks to kids, parents and experts about the impact and chilling consequences of constant smartphone screen time in today's world.
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| RogerEbert.comNell MinowJust 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. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreThe 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. |
| The GuardianCath ClarkeIf you’re a parent whose screen-time rules have crumbled in lockdown, under no circumstances watch this film until normal service resumes. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanWhy watch Screened Out? Because it shows you something you didn’t know. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckScreened Out delivers a convincingly cautionary argument that we're all becoming zombies forgoing human relationships and experiences in favor of our ubiquitous devices. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdonaThe 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. |
