andPOP: "Director Jason Reitman’s Men, Women & Children follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, communication, self-image, and love lives."
CE: Within the last decade or so, communications technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. Spurred by the proliferation of social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, there has been a dramatic paradigm shift in the way we as part of the global population interact with one another. But has it helped or hindered our chances of finding true intimacy? That's one of the questions explored in director Jason Reitman's sixth feature film, Men, Women & Children, which examines our collective fascination — or obsession — with the digital world, and how it has irrevocably altered our lives.
Ultimately, Men, Women & Children is nothing more than a gimmicky Crash-clone. It is too melodramatic and does not properly utilize the technology angle, making this Jason Reitman's most disappointing feature yet.
"“Men, Women and Children” is a strong contender for the worst film of 2014. But just think- imagine how bad it’ll look in three or four years, when all of the technology is outdated?"
