
A man begins to suspect that his long-distance girlfriend whom he met on the Internet has been living in the same city as him, and he sets out looking for her.... (Full plot summary below)
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A man begins to suspect that his long-distance girlfriend whom he met on the Internet has been living in the same city as him, and he sets out looking for her.
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| The PlaylistRodrigo Perez...Wigon has created a thought-provoking debut, even if it doesn't always hit its intended marks. |
| IndiewireShelley FarmerWhile Wigon's film lacks emotional weight, that deficiency is not a matter of style over substance, but an effective comment on the peculiarly isolating nature of modern communication technology. |
| Slant MagazineCarson LundIt showcases a genuine fascination with the mind/body split engendered by Skyping, online dating, and constant app usage through a plot that doesn't fuel itself on received wisdom. |
| NPRTomas HachardA movie that's neither ostentatious nor superficial. |
| RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaThe Heart Machine lies somewhere between the AOL love letter “You’ve Got Mail” and the more cautionary “Her” on the issue of what effect all this technology is having on society. |
| The DissolveSheila O'MalleyExcept for its ending, which deflates the tension and makes a brief gesture toward profundity, it’s an unblinking look at one man’s total unraveling. |
| 2UE That Movie ShowBlake HowardOne part Vertigo, one part Catfish - The Heart Machine is a great tale of modern paranoia as a result of severing personal connection. |
| Village VoiceCalum MarshAn exemplary mystery, a paranoid thriller rooted in contemporary technology but not crafted to denounce it. |
| VarietyAndrew BarkerThoroughly modern without being ostentatious about it, and featuring excellent performances from Kate Lyn Sheil and John Gallagher Jr., the film boasts pleasures more formal than narrative. |
| Moveable FestStephen SaitoThe Heart Machine" manages to accommodate some very big ideas about the false sense of intimacy created by technology as it tells a very personal story. |