I've heard of Chatroom through one of the many Horror lists I've checked here, and while it doesn't fit that genre description (not even tagged as such), it is a pretty disturbing film, and very well made. As a Horror freak, I watch many many films, most of them Horror, and Chatroom has one of the most original and artistic concepts I've ever seen! It shows a very nice interpretation of what people "look" like when they chat online.The screenplay, script, story and build-up are pretty nice and fit the overall concept. There aren't any real twists, but the plot does thicken at some point in a rather surprising way. The acting is also pretty nice, no more no less. Each of the characters is portrayed pretty much the way it should. I did feel that Aaron Taylor-Johnson slightly lacked the charisma and "charm" to play the role of devious insidious William, and yet he managed to pull it off. Nothing much can be said about the cinematography, as it's only there for the locations and the decoration/set. Soundtrack is also nice...So with everything being mediocre at best, why would I rate Chartroom so relatively high? Again, on account of the original and almost genius concept. It's been a while since I've seen such original and artistic work, and I'd highly recommend giving this film a chance, if only for that.

Matthew Beard stole the show from Aaron Johnson with pure kick ass acting. The film did a pretty good job of showing how loneliness and pain can bring lots of emotionally crippled people together, and that sometimes that can be good and sometimes not so much. Aaron Johnson, whom I usually enjoy watching, seemed a bit like a one trick pony in this film. I'd have liked to know more about the characters and how they came to be the way they were. It all starts at home, of course, but all the parents seem trivialized, when in fact, they were central to their children's issues. Perhaps this is reality and I'm naive. I did feel very sad for those poor young people and it occurred to me that the internet has opened up an entire world of opportunity for evil people to exploit people looking for a friend. In that regard the film hit its mark by touching upon the dangers of being too busy to notice that children are turning to those who don't have their best interests at heart, and that, thanks to the internet, they can reach a larger audience of creeps than ever before. Hopefully, the reverse is also true...that they can reach a larger audience of heroes than ever before. Maybe someone should make a film about that.

I caught this on TV and had a worrying feeling it was going to be dripping with teen angst or rave on about the evils of the internet. It didn't. In affect this is a simple character study wrapped in an extremely well shot premise.The young people (not really kids) meet one day in a chat room, become friends and you can see trouble is not far away.The difference between their real and on-line persona's are dealt with very professionally and subtly. The colour in the online world is slightly warmer and the characters more openly expressive. It must have been very tempting to use avatars or shoot the physical world in black and white, or something equally as trashy.This vein of restraint runs through the whole film, nobody goes all 'Hostel' or hacks into the Pentagon. The plot is solid and fairly believable. A lot of weight is put on the acting, and the cast deliver without a fault.Well shot, well scripted, well acted, well lit. No preaching, no moaning, no action. I enjoyed it.

I can't believe all of the high reviews that people has given this movie. The acting was really good, But the movie was so very drawn out to where it was almost boring.I wanted to turn off the movie several times, But I kept watching it in hopes that it would pick up. But it really never did. I think it would have made a better short film. But that is just my opinion.This movie is NOT a Horror film. So if you are looking for someone to jump out of the closet to scare you, You might want to look else-where.Thats about it with-out going into more details about the movie.