Cert 15
89 mins
BBFC advice: Contains strong sex, sex references and strong language
Ever wondered just how deeply the internet has drilled its way into the psyche of today's young people?
Beeban Kidron tries to answer the question in this documentary and comes up with some utterly frightening conclusions.
For example, in its opening scenes InRealLife elicits the thoughts of two 15-year-old boys on the subject of internet porn.
They run through an explicit vocabulary which would have had yesteryear's teens scratching their heads and parents blushing with embarrassment.
Much more worrying is how the boys consequently treat girls as sex objects in real life.
And much much worse was an interview with a girl who believed her mobile phone was more important than her morals.
Kidron's film examines a host of scenarios which have been thrown up by youngsters' constant exposure to the net, ranging from causing one to drop out of school to a bullied lad's suicide.
It is punctuated by the views of experts in the psychological effects on our youth.
Interestingly, none of the mega internet companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter would take part.
I couldn't help wonder why. What have the greatest exponents of free speech got to hide?
InRealLife is a fascinating, upsetting and important documentary.
However, I fear the web has already captured its prey. You are reading this review on Blogger which is a Google company and I will be sharing it on Twitter and Facebook.
If middle-age technophobes such as me are addicted what hope do our children have?
InRealLife is premièring on September 22 across the UK with a live Q&A with Jon Snow.
And for more on the movie see this http://inreallifefilm.com/
Laughs: none
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 8/10