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An almost legendary technophobic delight, unique particularly in the first-class way it portrays the various aspects of the emo subculture, which the filmmakers have studied well, while gleefully cutting branches out from beneath itself with an emphasis on the lack of any family support that explains all the action. And the whole time looking like a Bergman-esque grim reaper. You just don't see a topic this structured, challenging, and professionally handled, then cancelled by the filmmakers themselves by LITERALLY pulling the plug. The joy through tears of the ostracized children here on the database is incredibly funny in a film that tells them all along that the appearance of their own excluded individuality rises and falls on whether Mommy and Daddy go on weekend trips with them. A bravura example of how superior creative skills can sustain virtually any subject. In fact, for all the mockery, the film works surprisingly well on a dramatic level. And, as has been the custom in Poland lately, it has excellent actors. ________ Or is everything really different? (source IMDb) "I don't know how to start. I was.... crying all the time. I know those situations. This world is ill, and we are sick. I saw world as Dominik did. I had luck. I wasn't an adult, I was 17 years old. I've suffered from depression, anxiety and distress, and self-harming. That's my illness. And virtual reality was helping me a lot. There were people who could understand me. When my parents send me to hospital, I hated them for that, but now I know, they saved my live. You cannot be fully healed from this. But I won one fight when I came back from hospital. War is still there. My panics in crowds, my fear. But now I know, I won most of my fights, and I feel stronger when I win another one. Now... In my 21 years, I'm still doing high school. Still waiting to pass 2 years and then graduation/school-leaving exam. I can't say I feel happy. But I'm alive. That's the meaning. Stay alive to see and try more." (2013.06.25)

Jan Komasa made an extremely alarming movie about the problems of today's teenagers, starring Jakub Gierszał, who gave an incredibly convincing and breathtaking performance. No wonder he got a nomination for it at the Polish Film Awards. Suicide Room should be compulsory viewing for all parents who live under the misconception that financial security and material goods can make up for the love and care they are unwilling or unable to give their children because they simply do not have time for them. Let's face it, how much time do we spend with our loved ones in today's hectic times?... (85%) (2022.04.07)

For me, Jakub Gierszal is simply a world-class actor. All of a sudden, he took the Polish cinema by storm and now, wherever he appears, he shines. The culmination of his acting activities is the role of the sick Dominik in this film. His role is an ingeniously constructed psychological confession of all those who live in well-off families (but it does not necessarily have to be the case), where the parents do not have time for their children, making them escape to the world of computer. They play online games and live more in the virtual world than in the real one. They just run away from reality to the only place where they feel good. I was surrounded by so many such kids when I was growing up that the fingers of my both hands wouldn’t be enough to count them all. When someone is unstable or not strong enough to fight depression, then the downward spiral is very fast. At first, Dominik looks like a totally spoiled brat who doesn’t know what to do with his life. In the second half of the film, however, he undergoes a perfect transformation into a sick boy whom no one knows how to help. It is a pity that the film is shot in a slightly audience-unfriendly way. It is not anexactly classically narrated drama. In addition, the moments when Dominik is at his computer are very good, but then there scenes from the computer game that were rather distracting. But they are necessary for the film. As a whole, however, I must say that this is a great Polish drama, moreover dealing with a pressing issue and sending a current message. (2019.10.16)