On-Line

Released May 22, 2003

1h 24m

Comedy

Drama

List

38%

Tomatometer

40 Reviews

30%

Audience Score

50+ Ratings

Set in Manhattan's cybersex industry, "On-Line" at first appears to be about people getting off without ever touching, but it's much more. Built around revealing and often funny videos with "net-izens" like man-on-man host AI Fleming (John Fleck), Internet fantasy girl Jordan Nash (Vanessa Ferlito), self-destructive artist Moira Ingalls (Isabel Gillies), and Ohio innocent Ed Simone (Eric Millegan), "On-Line" uses a mix of new technology and romantic narrative to tell a classic story.

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Critics Consensus

On_Line might have a more balanced perspective than most internet-fueled dramas, but that doesn't make the story or its characters interesting enough to watch.

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Bill Muller

Arizona Republic

Amateurish drivel, which is headed for Skinemax in a hurry.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 3, 2003

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John Monaghan

Detroit Free Press

The youthful cast is lively enough to make the enterprise almost work, presenting a time capsule of cyber- communication that should be more interesting 20 years from now.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 11, 2003

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Janice Page

Boston Globe

Weintrob's stylish visuals mimic Web technologies, which succeed in making his characters seem all the more removed from reality. Now if someone would find a way to equip theater seats with a 'delete' key, we could be rid of them completely.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 25, 2003

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Film Threat

Rated: 3/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Paul Sherman

Boston Herald

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 18, 2005

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Andrew Wright

Portland Mercury

A [reasonably] compelling, refreshingly non-judgmental look at the newest phase of one-handed clapping.

Jan 21, 2005

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Audience Member

On Line is a movie about a group of ultimately interelated characters that spend a large chunk of their time on the Internet, primarily Internet porn sites. Some of the story lines are weak and the stronger ones aren't completely played out, thus the movie didn't fully grab me. It was fasinating in one respect: I brought viewers into a world that many of them may never be exposed to. While most people will deny it, I would guess that the percentage of adults that spend even a fair amount of time on the Internet have, at one time or another, viewed a porn site. And while most of us probably have only limited experience with this form of adult entertainment, there are many others that are totally engrossed in this world. In fact, many of these people rely on these types of sites for much of their social interaction. On Line takes you into the world of these people and provides a glimsp of what their world might be like. Not a pretty picture.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

Most of the action in this 2001 indie drama takes place on computer screens, with grainy faces framed by sharp little boxes; the 21st-century conceit is topical enough but the characters and their problems couldn't be more stale.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Josh Hamilton

John Roth

Harold Perrineau

Moe Curley

Isabel Gillies

Moira Ingalls

John Fleck

Al Fleming

Vanessa Ferlito

Jordan Nash

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Synopsis

Set in Manhattan's cybersex industry, "On-Line" at first appears to be about people getting off without ever touching, but it's much more. Built around revealing and often funny videos with "net-izens" like man-on-man host AI Fleming (John Fleck), Internet fantasy girl Jordan Nash (Vanessa Ferlito), self-destructive artist Moira Ingalls (Isabel Gillies), and Ohio innocent Ed Simone (Eric Millegan), "On-Line" uses a mix of new technology and romantic narrative to tell a classic story.

Director: Jed Weintrob
Producer: Adam Brightman, Tanya Selvaratnam
Screenwriter: Andrew Osbourne, Jed Weintrob
Distributor: Indican Releasing
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 22, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 5, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $166.0K
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital