"LOL: The Movie"

LOL: The Movie is an indie movie which falls into the burgeoning category of "mumblecore" - feature-length films shot on cheap camcorders by aspiring filmmakers in their 20s. The appeal in these films lies in their realism, and audiences find enjoyment in them because they're about real people in real situations. LOL: The Movie is a film about how relationships work in today's hyper-connected world; how we manange to juggle the multitude of ways we communicate one another, and how we separate the static from the noise. The film is also saying something about the developments in its own medium, however. Here's a quote from the website:

"Several of the filmmakers continued to create material for the movie while living in different cities, [...] with the main source of contact being email and IM."

Here are a few review pullquotes which say things far better than I could:

"Scruffy, loosely structured and piercingly perceptive about the ways in which technology that supposedly brings people together actually keeps them apart."
-Maitland McDonagh, TVGuide.com

"The inability to connect in a hyper-wired world is old news given fresh voice in this tragicomic indie about the way we live."
-Nathan Lee, The New York Times

"The movie is unusually attentive to the ironies of communications technology: Note the subtle but definite awkwardness that creeps into the conversation after a prospective girlfriend casually tells Alex that she only checks her e-mail once a week."
-Joshua Land, The Village Voice

"LOL is a somewhat stunning mirror on the ways we say things without using words. [Swanberg] reveals himself to be one of the most emotionally astute young filmmakers working today."
- Cinematical.com

"LOL is a witty mini-satire of post-collegiates trying to connect romantically and erotically (at least, the women are) in a tangle of up-to-the-minute technology."
-Gerald Peary, The Boston Phoenix