Reviews for this film from our members:
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The documentary’s release as the net neutrality debate rages will only underscore what we have lost.
- Edwin Davies @ A Mighty Fine Blog
- Excerpt: Yet while The Internet’s Own Boy sensitively and powerfully depicts the inherent tragedy of Swartz’s story, it still feels like a distracted effort. It’s the documentary equivalent of a series of hyperlinks.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: The end result is a one-sided but emotionally compelling view. It will make you angry but it will also make you profoundly sad.
- Dustin Jansick @ Way Too Indie
- Excerpt: Despite some shortcomings, it remains a deeply compelling documentary about some of the most important issues of the Information Age.
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: An essential — and enraging — documentary about the life, career, and death of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, a danger to corporate hegemony whose work could not be allowed to continue.
- Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: The Internet’s Own Boy may not be the most exciting, sexy documentary out there, but it makes you feel its subject deeply, which is what you really want out of a film like this.
- Frank Ochieng @ Sound on Sight
- Excerpt: In writer-director Brian Knappenberger’s absorbing and conscious-minded documentary The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz we examine the moving motivations of an actively eager and precocious mastermind.
- Ron Wilkinson @ ItsJustMovies.com
- Excerpt: A cautionary tale about the power of entrenched financial interests in an era of unlimited information access.
