livstrongeva One person can have a lot of influence on others. You usually don't believe when people say it, because c'mon – it's just one person and not even an adult, but a teenager! What the hell can he do?? Apparently, a lot.I guess it has to be fair to say, that I have never ever participated in any of the chatrooms. Yes, maybe it is weird to say that for a 20th century person, buuuut… I always was different. Or weird. Call it how you want it. But I am not the subject I wanted to talk about today.We all have problems. Just a few people are living happily without any concerns and those people are not the main characters of this movie. Movie starts of how William creates a chatroom for Chelsea teens (with an exclamation mark!) where they can discuss whatever they want. That ends up discussing about what they hate. And William decides to help these poor teens with their problems. Sounds nice, doesn't it? Well, it would if William didn't have his own motive – to actually sabotage their lives. He wants to be in control, that is why in the beginning he is shown making dolls (like a junior puppeteer). Maybe it's because his parents want to be in control of his life.Well I can't say I particularly liked this movie, but it does show that all of us have different views of life and we want different things in life. Of course, sometimes psychopaths appear and ruin the beautiful picture. Maybe this movie was just created for the message of "Be careful kids, on the Internet". It could be shown in class. But for me, it was a good way of showing how one person can work through others psychology and make them do things they never thought they would.

Nitzan Havoc 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.

Claudio Carvalho Five troubled teenagers connect to the chatrooom "Chelsea Teens!" in Internet to meet each other and talk in a self-help group. When the depressive Jim decides to commit suicide, the destructive sociopath William lures and pushes him to the edge to force him to kill himself.The storyline of "Chatroom" is intriguing since the author uses a physical room to depict the conversations of the teens as if they were happening in the real world. Unfortunately this promising and interesting concept is the only good thing in this boring and shallow film. The execution with several subplots keep going back and forth from Internet to the real world but they are unattractive and maybe indicated for teens. In the end, I was no longer paying attention to this annoying flick. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): "Chat – A Sala Negra" ("Chat – The Black Room")

TonyAtRest Wow, after reading most of the other reviews, I feel like I watched a different film. It was very well done, although none of the supposed teens seemed to be anywhere near teens in age, the concept of the movie was great. What seemed to be at first just an interesting chat room for kids from the same city to meet, turns into something very different.Others have criticized almost every part of the film, but I don't see many weaknesses, I was entranced from start to finish.I don't know how prevalent chat rooms are these days, but if it had been set back in the old AOL days, maybe that could have been more appropriate, but it still works nonetheless.