Film

Web Junkie

Name: Web Junkie
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-01-20

2014 · 1h 19m · Documentary

IMDb: 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes: 74%
Metacritic: 67

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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.