Chatroom (film)


Chatroom is a 2010 British drama thriller film directed by Hideo Nakata about five teenagers who meet on the internet and encourage each others bad behaviour. The film is based on the play Chatroom by Enda Walsh.

William is a loner who lives with his parents Megan Dodds and Nicholas Gleaves. He hates both his parents, blaming them for his past, and lives his entire life on the internet. Jim is another loner who is suffering from depression following his father leaving him and his mother. Eva is constantly made fun of by her coworkers about her appearance. Emily feels distant from her parents and does not feel like she gets enough attention. Mo thinks he is a pedophile because he is attracted to his friends prepubescent sister, Keisha Rebecca McLintock. William sees it to himself to help them in a crude manner. He Photoshops embarrassing pictures of Evas coworker and posts them online. He convinces Jim to flush down his antidepressants to make himself feel more relaxed and to reveal his face behind the depressants, his true identity. He tells Emily to do some dirty work, teaming up with Eva. They come up with ways in which Emily could be more violent and make it look like somebody is harassing her family, which makes her parents try to protect her more. He tells Mo to tell his friend Si the truth but this backfires when Si calls him a pervert and attacks him.William becomes darker and more menacing and even begins to watch people commit suicide. He then takes it upon himself to make Jim commit suicide. His plans are halted though when his computer and phone are taken away from him by his father, who when looking through Williams computer, finds one of the suicide videos. William gets his backup computer and phone and goes after Jim, who meets up with him at London Zoo. Mo and the others find out about Williams intended actions and go to stop him, meeting up in person and trying to follow William and Jim around London. ........

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