Life 2.0

2010

1h 40m

Documentary

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89%

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9 Reviews

56%

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250+ Ratings

Filmmaker Jason Spingarn-Koff delves into the online world known as Second Life, where people live alternate lives through the avatars they create.

Diego Semerene

Slant Magazine

For a moment you wonder, or hope, that this will be a film entirely shot in Second Life.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 3, 2011

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Mike Hale

New York Times

"Life 2.0" would have been more interesting and original if it, like its subjects, had dwelled more in the virtual world, and if it had told us more about that world's mechanics and folkways.

Rated: 3/5

May 19, 2011

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Nick Schager

Village Voice

At once a disturbing vision of escape, a cautious portrait of liberation, and an exploration of authenticity and artificiality, it's a documentary that trades not in absolutes but unsettling ambiguity.

May 17, 2011

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John Gholson

Cinematical

Life 2.0 cuts deep into its subject of with laser precision, getting right to the emotional heart of the matter, exploring a problem no one had to deal with even ten years ago, in a fascinating and very human way.

Feb 10, 2012

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Cynthia Fuchs

Nitrate Online

As Life 2.0 reveals layers of life and experience, you realize that they are not confined to Second Life. These interview subjects describe their experiences, in both Second Life and what they call First Life, that is, Real Life.

May 12, 2010

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Peter Keough

Boston Phoenix

Not so much a documentary of an Internet phenomenon as a deconstruction of 21st-century culture, Jason Spingarn-Koff's unsettling film explores the online game Second Life, in which players create avatars to live in a virtual world.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 21, 2010

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Landon J

It does its designed purpose. Cover the lives of these complete weirdo gamers who are disturbed to the point they are living the majority of their actual lifetime hours in a virtual game. And show the audience how they act on their game. Like one man who speaks of his avatar character as if its a separate live being (which he plays in the role of a teenage girl in his virtual game). This addicted gamer man later pledges to his fiancee he is quitting the video game permanently ,but then backs up on his promise and then dumps her for the video game. He then returns to his video game in the character of a litttle boy he creates for himself........( Totally CREEPY ). What it doesn't cover is some things like a psychologists analysis of it and effects on health when you aren't sleeping and gaming through the night. The Video game designers thoughts aren't much covered. Essentially its just a follow of a few creepy people who aren't quite all there upstairs and are addicted to a Sims type videogame called "Second Life". They all have some true psychological issues it appears and addictive personalities.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/18/21

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Audience Member

Life 2.0 doesn't explore all the territory of its subject matter, but nevertheless brings up many good points about the dangers of cybernetic worlds.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Sad people living sad lives in a sad documentary.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

Weird and not really relevant to those of us who do not live in "virtual" worlds.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

A fascinating look at some really messed up people with problems dealing with the real world.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Creepy as shit. It tries to demoralize gaming which is kind of stupid but a very well done documentary.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Jason Spingarn-Koff delves into the online world known as Second Life, where people live alternate lives through the avatars they create.

Director: Jason Spingarn-Koff
Producer: Andrew Lauren, Stephan Paternot, Jason Spingarn-Koff
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 40m

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