- published: 16 Dec 2010
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Chatroom is a 2010 British drama thriller film directed by Hideo Nakata about five teenagers who meet on the internet and encourage each other's bad behaviour. The film is based on the play Chatroom by Enda Walsh.
William Collins (Aaron Johnson) is a depressed teen recovering from self-harm and regularly goes online to chat rooms. One day, he decides to open a chat room himself and calls it "Chelsea Teens!" and where he meets Jim (Matthew Beard), another kid; Eva (Imogen Poots), a model; Emily (Hannah Murray), a goody two-shoes; and Mo (Daniel Kaluuya), a normal kid. There is no real subject matter in "Chelsea Teens!" which instead focuses on the lives of each teen as they talk. Even though they only really communicate through text, the film depicts them in an old hotel-like room and actually having contact.
Keywords: chat-room, crying, deception, ego, gay-kiss, gun, internet, mental-depression, one-word-title, psychopath
Eva: Come on! Come on, get personal. Who is it? Who does Jim hate?::Jim: Me.::Mo: Really Jim?::Eva: You hate yourself... So what?::Emily: D'you have an okay family life?::Jim: [Nods] Yeah. Yeah. I don't have a father. But my mum is really nice.::Eva: So you hate yourself, because?::Jim: I've been on anti-depressants for two years.::Emily: And... Do they help? Do you know if they're helping?::Jim: I don't know... Maybe...::William: Come off the medication. If you want to feel like a person again... Come off them.
[last lines]::William: Now!