Men, Women & Children

Over the weekend I finally took in Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children - an engaging tale about families and technology. For me, it seemed like a cautionary tale for parents and how they treat their children's technology, particularly when they don't understand it. Raising kids in the Internet Age seems very scary and being able to handle the proper amount of restriction and education does not seem like an easy undertaking. The basics - plot, acting, characters, etc - are all executed in a compelling fashion.

The real clincher for me was how the actual tech was treated on screen. The whole movie reminded me of this Tony Zhou piece on Texting and The Internet in Film. Most movies do not do this well but Men, Women & Children handled it in an incredibly simple and elegant way while keeping it informative. You can see a bit of it in the trailer but it feels a bit obtrusive there because there's so much of it back to back.. in the actual film it's much more spaced out and feels more natural.

Overall, big thumbs up. Go for the plot, stay for the pleasant effects.