Web Junkie

2014 6.6 (15 votes) 1h 19m

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Impact Partners
New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television
kNow Productions
Warrior Poets
Chicken & Egg Films
Tribeca Film Institute
Medalia Productions

Overview

China is the first country in the world to classify Internet addiction as a clinical disorder. Caught in the Net features a Beijing treatment center where Chinese teenagers are being "deprogrammed," and follows the story of three boys from the day they arrive at the center, to their three-month treatment period, and their long awaited return home. The film provides a microcosm of modern Chinese life and investigates one of the symptoms of the Internet age. It examines inter-generational pressures and the disregard of the human rights of minors who get caught in the net.